Where does “蔵人” come from?

蔵人 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

蔵人 (Japanese): a skilled worker in a saké brewery

Definitions

  1. a skilled worker in a saké brewery

Ancestry of “蔵人”, step by step

蔵人 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
2Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 蔵

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蔵warehouse, storehouse
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →