Where does “桜桃” come from?

桜桃 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 桜ん坊, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

桜桃 (Japanese): the western cherry tree, also known as the wild...

Definitions

  1. the western cherry tree, also known as the wild...

Ancestry of “桜桃”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese桜ん坊cherry
2Japanesegenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
3Old Japaneseplain, field
4Middle Chinesetalent, ability
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