Where does “葱” come from?

葱 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 根, from Old Japanese 根.

葱 (Japanese): scallion, spring onion, Allium fistulosum

Definitions

  1. scallion, spring onion, Allium fistulosum

Ancestry of “葱”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese根a root; the source; the root; nature; the...
2Old Japanese根—
Every word from Old Japanese 根 →Every word from Japanese 根 →
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