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
- Silk Road
Ancestry of “絹の道”, step by step
絹の道 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 絹
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 絹 | silk |
| 2 | Japanese | 絹モスリン | chiffon |
| 3 | Japanese | モスリン | muslin |
| 4 | French | mousseline | muslin; mousseline |
| 5 | Italian | mussolina | Synonym of mussola |
| 6 | Italian | Mussolo | Mosul |