Where does “まな板” come from?

まな板 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 真魚, from Japanese 真, from Chinese 似.

まな板 (Japanese): a chopping board, a cutting board; a girl with a...

Definitions

  1. a chopping board, a cutting board; a girl with a...

Ancestry of “まな板”, step by step

まな板 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 真魚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese真魚fish used for eating
2Japanese真truth, reality; truth, reality, genuineness;...
3Chinese似—

via Japanese 板

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese板plank, board; Short for 俎板; Short for 板前

Words derived from “まな板”

Every word from Chinese 似 →Every word from Japanese 真 →Every word from Japanese 真魚 →