Where does “花独活” come from?

花独活 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 花, from Old Japanese 花 — flower.

花独活 (Japanese): "Heracleum sphondylium var. nipponicum"

Definitions

  1. "Heracleum sphondylium var. nipponicum"

Ancestry of “花独活”, step by step

花独活 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese花a flower
2Old Japanese花flower

via Japanese 独活

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese独活Japanese spikenard; living independently alone;...
2Chinese獨活root of Angelica pubescens
Every word from Old Japanese 花 →Every word from Japanese 花 →