Where does “Phú Sĩ” come from?
Phú Sĩ (Vietnamese) comes from Japanese 富士, from Old Japanese 富士, from Ainu フヂ — fire.
Ancestry of “Phú Sĩ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 富士 | Short for 江戸の富士 : a hill imitating Mount Fuji; an... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 富士 | — |
| 3 | Ainu | フヂ | fire |