Etymology Explorer › Japanese

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

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

Words derived from “鳴門巻き”

  • narutomaki
Every word from Old Japanese 門 →