Where does “薩摩芋” come from?

薩摩芋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 芋 — potato; tuber, potato.

薩摩芋 (Japanese): sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Definitions

  1. sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Ancestry of “薩摩芋”, step by step

薩摩芋 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 芋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese芋potato; tuber, potato

via Japanese 薩摩

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese薩摩(薩摩郡)

Words derived from “薩摩芋”

Every word from Japanese 芋 →