Where does “鉄菱” come from?

鉄菱 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鉄, from Middle Chinese 鐵.

鉄菱 (Japanese): a caltrop

Definitions

  1. a caltrop

Ancestry of “鉄菱”, step by step

鉄菱 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鉄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鉄iron, the metal and the metallic chemical...
2Middle Chinese鐵—

via Japanese 菱

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese菱water caltrop
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