Where does “enoki” come from?

enoki (Finnish) comes from Japanese 榎茸, from Japanese 茸, from Japanese 椎茸, from Japanese 椎 — any tree of the genus "Castanopsis".

enoki (Finnish): enoki type of mushroom

Definitions

  1. enoki type of mushroom

Ancestry of “enoki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese榎茸an edible mushroom, the velvet shank or...
2Japanese茸a mushroom; the flesh of an animal
3Japanese椎茸shiitake, a type of edible mushroom
4Japanese椎any tree of the genus "Castanopsis"
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