Where does “” come from?

酒 (Old Japanese) comes from Proto-Japonic *sakai — rice wine, sake.

(Old Japanese): any alcoholic drink, "especially" a rice wine...

Definitions

  1. any alcoholic drink, "especially" a rice wine...

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Japonic*sakairice wine, sake

Words derived from “

Every word from Proto-Japonic *sakai
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