Where does “Fujiwara” come from?
Fujiwara comes from Old Japanese 藤, which combined with Japanese 原 to form Japanese 藤原.
Ancestry of “Fujiwara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 藤原 | especially those from a powerful clan descended from Nakatomi no Kamatari |
| 2 | Japanese | 藤 | a wisteria, "especially" the Japanese wisteria,... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 藤 | {{taxlink|Wisteria... |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | pudi | banana |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | punti | banana |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | punti | banana |