Where does “oshizushi” come from?

oshizushi (English) comes from Japanese 押し寿司, from Japanese 寿司, from Japanese 酸し, from Japanese し, from Middle Chinese 氏.

oshizushi (English): sushi made in compressed block form and then cut...

Definitions

  1. sushi made in compressed block form and then cut...

Ancestry of “oshizushi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese押し寿司oshizushi
2Japanese寿司sushi: vinegared rice served with fish or...
3Japanese酸しsour; tasting of vinegar
4JapaneseしConjunctive particle. Follows items in a list of...
5Middle Chinese氏—
Every word from Middle Chinese 氏 →Every word from Japanese し →Every word from Japanese 酸し →