Where does “Nashi” come from?

Nashi (English) comes from Japanese 梨, from Middle Chinese 梨.

Nashi (English): A fruit, the Nashi pear, "Pyrus pyrifolia"

Definitions

  1. A fruit, the Nashi pear, "Pyrus pyrifolia"

Ancestry of “Nashi”, step by step

Nashi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 梨

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese梨a pear tree; a pear; more specifically, the...
2Middle Chinese梨—

via Russian на́ши

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianна́ши—

via Persian نَشی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنَشی—
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