Where does “aji” come from?

aji (Marshallese) comes from Japanese 箸, from Japanese 嘴, from Japanese 口, from Japanese くち, from Japanese 朽ちる.

aji (Marshallese): chopsticks

Definitions

  1. chopsticks

Ancestry of “aji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese箸a chopstick
2Japanese嘴a beak; a bill
3Japanese口mouth; opening; the mouth
4Japaneseくちmouth
5Japanese朽ちる—
Every word from Japanese 朽ちる →Every word from Japanese くち →Every word from Japanese 口 →