Where does “Taiwan field mouse” come from?

Taiwan field mouse (English) comes from English Taiwan, from Chinese Mandarin 臺灣, from Hokkien 臺灣.

Taiwan field mouse (English): Apodemus semotus, a species of mouse

Definitions

  1. Apodemus semotus, a species of mouse

Ancestry of “Taiwan field mouse”, step by step

Taiwan field mouse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Taiwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTaiwan2169 Taiwan, a main belt asteroid
2Chinese Mandarin臺灣—
3Hokkien臺灣—

via English field mouse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfield mouseA small vole such as the meadow vole
Every word from Hokkien 臺灣 →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 臺灣 →Every word from English Taiwan →