Where does “Nishikori” come from?

Nishikori (English) comes from Japanese 錦織, from Japanese 錦, from Japanese 丹, from Old Japanese 丹.

Ancestry of “Nishikori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese錦織brocade
2Japanese錦brocade; a word expressing beauty
3Japanese丹the color red; red earth; cinnabar
4Old Japanese丹—
Every word from Old Japanese 丹 →Every word from Japanese 丹 →Every word from Japanese 錦 →