Where does “” come from?

馬 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 馬.

(Japanese): a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a...

Definitions

  1. a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a...

Ancestry of “”, step by step

traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

via Proto-Japonic *Cma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Japonic*Cma

Words derived from “

Every word from Middle Chinese
馬 — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer