Where does “shirataki” come from?

shirataki (English) comes from Japanese 白滝, from Japanese 白, from Middle Chinese 白.

shirataki (English): Thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional...

Definitions

  1. Thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional...

Ancestry of “shirataki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白滝a waterfall that looks like a white cloth spread...
2Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
3Middle Chinese白—
Every word from Middle Chinese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白滝 →