Where does “鳴門巻き” come from?

鳴門巻き (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鳴門, from Old Japanese 鳴門, from Old Japanese 門 — a gate, portal; an entrance, gateway, opening;...

鳴門巻き (Japanese): a type of 蒲鉾 that is white on the outside with a...

Definitions

  1. a type of 蒲鉾 that is white on the outside with a...

Ancestry of “鳴門巻き”, step by step

鳴門巻き traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鳴門

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鳴門a noisy strait or narrows where the rushing of...
2Old Japanese鳴門a noisy strait or narrows where the rushing of the tides causes noisy whirlpools
3Old Japanesea gate, portal; an entrance, gateway, opening;...

via Japanese 巻き

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

Words derived from “鳴門巻き

Every word from Old Japanese Every word from Old Japanese 鳴門Every word from Japanese 鳴門
鳴門巻き — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer