Where does “шиитаке” come from?

шиитаке (Russian) comes from Japanese 椎茸, from Japanese 椎 — any tree of the genus "Castanopsis".

шиитаке (Russian): shiitake, Chinese mushroom

Definitions

  1. shiitake, Chinese mushroom

Ancestry of “шиитаке”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese椎茸shiitake, a type of edible mushroom
2Japanese椎any tree of the genus "Castanopsis"
Every word from Japanese 椎 →Every word from Japanese 椎茸 →