Where does “白木耳” come from?
白木耳 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 木耳, from Japanese 木, from Old Japanese 木, from Proto-Japonic kəy — tree.
白木耳 (Japanese): a type of fungi belonging to the Tremellaceae...
Definitions
- a type of fungi belonging to the Tremellaceae...
Ancestry of “白木耳”, step by step
白木耳 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 木耳
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 木耳 | a type of fungi belonging to the Auriculariaceae... |
| 2 | Japanese | 木 | a tree or shrub; wood, timber, lumber; a tree |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 木 | a tree or shrub; wood, timber, lumber; Combining... |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | kəy | tree |
via Japanese 白
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 白 | the color white; innocence; a white go stone |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 白 | — |