Where does “玉蜀黍” come from?

玉蜀黍 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 唐, from Japanese 伽羅, from Sanskrit कालागुरु.

玉蜀黍 (Japanese): maize, corn

Definitions

  1. maize, corn

Ancestry of “玉蜀黍”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese唐foreign lands in general; element in compounds,...
2Japanese伽羅the Gaya confederacy: a grouping of smaller states on the southern end of the Korean peninsula, roughly dating to 42-532
3Sanskritकालागुरु—
Every word from Sanskrit कालागुरु →Every word from Japanese 伽羅 →Every word from Japanese 唐 →