Etymology

kitsune udon

Today it means: Japanese hot udon soup topped with seasoned fried tofu, and scallions. Full definition →

Japanese 狐
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The story

  1. Japanese · derived from饂飩
  2. Japanese · borrowed from狐“fox”
  3. English todaykitsune udon

From Japanese 狐 (kitsune, “fox”) + Japanese 饂飩 (udon). In Japanese folklore, tofu is a favored dish of the kitsune.

Words from the same roots

Japanese狐 all →

kitsunemanokit

Japanese饂飩 all →

udon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.