Where does “nappa” come from?

nappa (Mokilese) comes from Japanese 菜っ葉, from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

nappa (Mokilese): cabbage

Definitions

  1. cabbage

Ancestry of “nappa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese菜っ葉leaves of any vegetable
2Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
3Middle Chinese葉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 葉 →Every word from Japanese 菜っ葉 →