Where does “E型肝炎” come from?

E型肝炎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 肝炎, from Japanese 炎, from Old Japanese 炎, from Old Japanese 火, from Proto-Japonic poy, from Proto-Japonic po.

E型肝炎 (Japanese): hepatitis E

Definitions

  1. hepatitis E

Ancestry of “E型肝炎”, step by step

E型肝炎 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 肝炎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese肝炎hepatitis
2Japanese炎a flame; an intense emotion, passion; -itis,...
3Old Japanese炎a flame
4Old Japanese火a fire; a light
5Proto-Japonicpoyfire
6Proto-Japonicpo—

via Japanese 型

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese型choreographed training exercises

via Japanese E

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseE—
Every word from Proto-Japonic po →Every word from Proto-Japonic poy →Every word from Old Japanese 火 →