Where does “車軸草” come from?

車軸草 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 車軸, from Japanese 車, from Middle Chinese 車 — cart, vehicle.

車軸草 (Japanese): lupine clover

Definitions

  1. lupine clover

Ancestry of “車軸草”, step by step

車軸草 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 車軸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese車軸axle, axletree
2Japanese車a car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart; a...
3Middle Chinese車cart, vehicle

via Japanese 草

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese草grass; a weed; a herb
2Middle Chinese草—
Every word from Middle Chinese 車 →Every word from Japanese 車 →Every word from Japanese 車軸 →