Talk:くす

Amami

? is because my local scan of this book has poor quality (I rushed; blame me!) so I left the translation unknown. Chuterix (talk) 17:01, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Medicine

How is the camphor tree derived from medicine? Chuterix (talk) 17:13, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Presumably, this is from root kusu related to mystical powers (see obsolete adjective 奇し (kusushi); this kusu is also the root of modern 薬 (kusuri)) + の (no) + 木 (ki), then the full term was shortened in contexts where the no ki clarification was not needed. Consider also terms like 椎の木 (shī no ki) and 椎 (shī), or 榎 (enoki) and 榎 (e), 楓の樹 (kaede no ki) and 楓 (kaede), etc. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 19:31, 15 November 2023 (UTC)