Where does “白瓜” come from?

白瓜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 白, from Middle Chinese 白.

白瓜 (Japanese): the Oriental pickling melon, Cucumis melo var....

Definitions

  1. the Oriental pickling melon, Cucumis melo var....

Ancestry of “白瓜”, step by step

白瓜 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—

via Japanese 瓜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese瓜gourd, squash, melon
2Proto-Japonicorimelon
Every word from Middle Chinese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白 →