Where does “棒渦巻銀河” come from?

棒渦巻銀河 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 渦巻銀河, from Japanese 渦巻, from Japanese 渦, from Middle Chinese 渦.

棒渦巻銀河 (Japanese): a barred spiral galaxy

Definitions

  1. a barred spiral galaxy

Ancestry of “棒渦巻銀河”, step by step

棒渦巻銀河 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 渦巻銀河

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese渦巻銀河a spiral galaxy
2Japanese渦巻a swirling, especially of the flow of water
3Japanese渦eddy, swirl, whirlpool, vortex
4Middle Chinese渦—

via Japanese 棒

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese棒a staff, measuring 6 尺 (about 1.8 meters), used in martial arts such as 棒術
2Middle Chinese棒staff, club
Every word from Middle Chinese 渦 →Every word from Japanese 渦 →Every word from Japanese 渦巻 →