Where does “糖尿病” come from?
糖尿病 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 糖尿, from Japanese 尿, from Japanese 湯, from Old Japanese ゆ, from Proto-Japonic *yu.
糖尿病 (Japanese): diabetes
Ancestry of “糖尿病”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 糖尿 | glycosuria |
| 2 | Japanese | 尿 | urine |
| 3 | Japanese | 湯 | warm or hot water; bathwater; a hot spring |
| 4 | Old Japanese | ゆ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | *yu | — |