Where does “蕪菜” come from?

蕪菜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 菜 — greens.

蕪菜 (Japanese): turnip

Definitions

  1. turnip

Ancestry of “蕪菜”, step by step

蕪菜 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 菜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese菜greens

via Japanese 蕪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蕪turnip
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