Where does “酸し” come from?

酸し (Japanese) comes from Japanese し, from Middle Chinese 氏.

酸し (Japanese): sour; tasting of vinegar

Definitions

  1. sour; tasting of vinegar

Ancestry of “酸し”, step by step

酸し traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese し

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseしConjunctive particle. Follows items in a list of...
2Middle Chinese氏—

via Japanese 酢

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese酢vinegar
2Middle Chineseす—

Words derived from “酸し”

Every word from Middle Chinese 氏 →Every word from Japanese し →