Where does “麻生” come from?

麻生 (Old Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 麻 — hemp or ramie plant.

麻生 (Old Japanese): a place where hemp or ramie plants grow

Definitions

  1. a place where hemp or ramie plants grow

Ancestry of “麻生”, step by step

麻生 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 麻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese麻hemp or ramie plant

via Old Japanese 生

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese生—
Every word from Old Japanese 麻 →