Where does “花野菜” come from?

花野菜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 花, from Old Japanese 花 — flower.

Ancestry of “花野菜”, step by step

花野菜 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese花a flower
2Old Japanese花flower

via Japanese 野菜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese野菜vegetable

Words derived from “花野菜”

Every word from Old Japanese 花 →Every word from Japanese 花 →