Where does “酸漿” come from?
酸漿 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 頬, from Japanese 列, from Middle Chinese 列.
酸漿 (Japanese): "Physalis alkekengi"
Ancestry of “酸漿”, step by step
酸漿 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 頬
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 頬 | cheek; the cheeks; the face |
| 2 | Japanese | 列 | line, row; a column of a matrix |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 列 | — |
via Japanese 付き
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 付き | ability to stick, impression, quality of... |
| 2 | Japanese | 付く | attach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere... |