Where does “音源” come from?

音源 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 源, from Japanese 水, from Old Japanese 水, from Proto-Japonic *mentu — water.

音源 (Japanese): source of a sound; device or chip that produces...

Definitions

  1. source of a sound; device or chip that produces...

Ancestry of “音源”, step by step

音源 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 源

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese源a fountainhead; a source, origin
2Japanese水water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid
3Old Japanese水water
4Proto-Japonic*mentuwater

via Japanese 音

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese音sound
2Middle Chinese音—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *mentu →Every word from Old Japanese 水 →Every word from Japanese 水 →
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