Where does “軍艦巻” come from?

軍艦巻 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 巻き, from Japanese 巻く — roll, coil, wind up; wrap around; tighten, wind.

軍艦巻 (Japanese): a kind of sushi made by wrapping rice in nori, and then topping it with another ingredient, such as roe or sea urchin

Definitions

  1. a kind of sushi made by wrapping rice in nori, and then topping it with another ingredient, such as roe or sea urchin

Ancestry of “軍艦巻”, step by step

軍艦巻 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 巻き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese巻きwinding; curly
2Japanese巻くroll, coil, wind up; wrap around; tighten, wind

via Japanese 軍艦

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese軍艦warship

Words derived from “軍艦巻”

Every word from Japanese 巻く →Every word from Japanese 巻き →