Where does “chikuwa” come from?

chikuwa (English) comes from Japanese 竹輪, from Japanese 輪, from Japanese 腕輪, from Japanese 腕 — arm; ability; skill; talent.

chikuwa (English): A tube-shaped fish-paste cake from Japan

Definitions

  1. A tube-shaped fish-paste cake from Japan

Ancestry of “chikuwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese竹輪chikuwa tube-shaped fish-paste cake, a particular way of preparing kamaboko
2Japanese輪ring; circle
3Japanese腕輪bracelet
4Japanese腕arm; ability; skill; talent
Every word from Japanese 腕 →Every word from Japanese 輪 →Every word from Japanese 腕輪 →