Where does “蜀黍” come from?

蜀黍 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 唐黍, from Japanese 唐, from Japanese 伽羅, from Sanskrit कालागुरु.

蜀黍 (Japanese): sorghum; maize, corn

Definitions

  1. sorghum; maize, corn

Ancestry of “蜀黍”, step by step

蜀黍 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 唐黍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese唐黍sorghum; maize, corn
2Japanese唐foreign lands in general; element in compounds,...
3Japanese伽羅the Gaya confederacy: a grouping of smaller states on the southern end of the Korean peninsula, roughly dating to 42-532
4Sanskritकालागुरु—

via Middle Chinese 蜀黍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese蜀黍—
Every word from Sanskrit कालागुरु →Every word from Japanese 伽羅 →Every word from Japanese 唐 →