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Where does “tsuga” come from?

tsuga (English) comes from Japanese 栂, from Old Japanese つが.

tsuga (English): "Tsuga", a genus of conifers in the family...

Definitions

  1. "Tsuga", a genus of conifers in the family...

Ancestry of “tsuga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese栂a hemlock , of the genus "Tsuga"
2Old Japaneseつが—
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