The story
- Hokkien · derived from椪柑
- English todayponkan
Borrowed from Japanese 椪柑(ポンかん) (ponkan), from Hokkien 椪柑 (phòng-kam).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A sweet, round citrus fruit which is a hybrid of a mandarin and a pomelo (Citrus poonensis). Full definition →
Borrowed from Japanese 椪柑(ポンかん) (ponkan), from Hokkien 椪柑 (phòng-kam).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.