Where does “棗椰子” come from?

棗椰子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 棗, from Japanese 夏, from Middle Chinese 夏.

棗椰子 (Japanese): the date palm, "Phoenix dactylifera"

Definitions

  1. the date palm, "Phoenix dactylifera"

Ancestry of “棗椰子”, step by step

棗椰子 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 棗

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese棗the jujube or Chinese date, "Ziziphus jujuba"; a...
2Japanese夏summer; summer according to the lunisolar...
3Middle Chinese夏—

via Japanese 椰子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese椰子the coconut palm, or more generally, any palm...
2Middle Chinese椰子—
Every word from Middle Chinese 夏 →Every word from Japanese 夏 →Every word from Japanese 棗 →