Where does “甲状腺” come from?

甲状腺 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 腺, from Japanese 泉, from Japanese 和泉 — Izumi, an old province of Japan.

甲状腺 (Japanese): a thyroid gland

Definitions

  1. a thyroid gland

Ancestry of “甲状腺”, step by step

甲状腺 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 腺

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese腺gland
2Japanese泉natural spring, a wellspring
3Japanese和泉Izumi, an old province of Japan

via Japanese 甲状

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese甲状thyroidness
2Japanese甲carapace, shell; something A; armor
3Middle Chinese甲—
Every word from Japanese 和泉 →Every word from Japanese 泉 →Every word from Japanese 腺 →