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
2Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
3Old Japaneseのplain, field
4Middle Chinese能talent, ability
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →