Where does “馬” come from?

馬 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 馬.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “馬”, step by step

馬 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 馬

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese馬—

via Proto-Japonic *Cma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Japonic*Cma—

Words derived from “馬”

Every word from Middle Chinese 馬 →