Where does “菜っ葉” come from?

菜っ葉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

菜っ葉 (Japanese): leaves of any vegetable

Definitions

  1. leaves of any vegetable

Ancestry of “菜っ葉”, step by step

菜っ葉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 葉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
2Middle Chinese葉—

via Japanese 菜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese菜greens

Words derived from “菜っ葉”

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