Where does “Nishiki” come from?

Nishiki (English) comes from Japanese 錦, from Japanese 丹, from Old Japanese 丹.

Nishiki (English): A variety of California-grown medium-grain rice

Definitions

  1. A variety of California-grown medium-grain rice

Ancestry of “Nishiki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese錦brocade; a word expressing beauty
2Japanese丹the color red; red earth; cinnabar
3Old Japanese丹—
Every word from Old Japanese 丹 →Every word from Japanese 丹 →Every word from Japanese 錦 →