Where does “нигиридзуси” come from?

нигиридзуси (Russian) comes from Japanese 握り寿司, from Japanese 寿司, from Japanese 酸し, from Japanese し, from Middle Chinese 氏.

нигиридзуси (Russian): nigirizushi

Definitions

  1. nigirizushi

Ancestry of “нигиридзуси”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese握り寿司nigirizushi
2Japanese寿司sushi: vinegared rice served with fish or...
3Japanese酸しsour; tasting of vinegar
4JapaneseしConjunctive particle. Follows items in a list of...
5Middle Chinese氏—
Every word from Middle Chinese 氏 →Every word from Japanese し →Every word from Japanese 酸し →