Where does “烏瓜” come from?

烏瓜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 烏, from Middle Chinese 烏.

烏瓜 (Japanese): Japanese snake gourd (Trichosanthes pilosa)

Definitions

  1. Japanese snake gourd (Trichosanthes pilosa)

Ancestry of “烏瓜”, step by step

烏瓜 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 烏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese烏crow, raven; crow; raven
2Middle Chinese烏—

via Japanese 瓜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese瓜gourd, squash, melon
2Proto-Japonicorimelon
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