Where does “絹の道” come from?

絹の道 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 絹, from Japanese 絹モスリン, from Japanese モスリン, from French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Italian Mussolo — Mosul.

絹の道 (Japanese): Silk Road

Definitions

  1. Silk Road

Ancestry of “絹の道”, step by step

絹の道 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesesilk
2Japanese絹モスリンchiffon
3Japaneseモスリンmuslin
4Frenchmousselinemuslin; mousseline
5ItalianmussolinaSynonym of mussola
6ItalianMussoloMosul

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesegenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
2Old Japaneseplain, field
3Middle Chinesetalent, ability

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseTao the way of nature, Taoism
2Middle Chineseway
Every word from Italian MussoloEvery word from Italian mussolinaEvery word from French mousseline