Where does “katsuobushi” come from?
katsuobushi (English) comes from Japanese 鰹節, from Japanese 鰹, from Japanese 魚, from Middle Chinese 魚 — fish.
katsuobushi (English): Dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna
Definitions
- Dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna
Ancestry of “katsuobushi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 鰹節 | dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna |
| 2 | Japanese | 鰹 | a skipjack tuna, "Katsuwonus pelamis"; Short for... |
| 3 | Japanese | 魚 | a fish; a fish, "especially" when used as food; a... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 魚 | fish |