Where does “西洋山葵” come from?

西洋山葵 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 西洋, from Japanese 化, from Middle Chinese 化.

西洋山葵 (Japanese): horseradish

Definitions

  1. horseradish

Ancestry of “西洋山葵”, step by step

西洋山葵 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 西洋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese西洋The West, western countries
2Japanese化-ization, -ification; action of making something...
3Middle Chinese化—

via Japanese 山葵

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese山葵"wasabi": the Japanese horseradish; the stem of...
Every word from Middle Chinese 化 →Every word from Japanese 化 →Every word from Japanese 西洋 →