Where does “鬼灯” come from?
鬼灯 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 頬, from Japanese 列, from Middle Chinese 列.
鬼灯 (Japanese): "Physalis alkekengi"
Ancestry of “鬼灯”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 頬 | cheek; the cheeks; the face |
| 2 | Japanese | 列 | line, row; a column of a matrix |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 列 | — |