Where does “肉じゃが” come from?

肉じゃが (Japanese) comes from Japanese 肉, from Middle Chinese 肉.

肉じゃが (Japanese): nikujaga Japanese stewed meat and potato dish

Definitions

  1. nikujaga Japanese stewed meat and potato dish

Ancestry of “肉じゃが”, step by step

肉じゃが traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 肉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese肉meat; flesh, as of one's body; meat, the muscle...
2Middle Chinese肉—

via Japanese じゃがいも

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseじゃがいも—

Words derived from “肉じゃが”

Every word from Middle Chinese 肉 →Every word from Japanese 肉 →