Where does “habu” come from?

habu (English) comes from Japanese 波布, from Japanese 反鼻.

habu (English): Any of various venomous snakes of Asia

Definitions

  1. Any of various venomous snakes of Asia

Ancestry of “habu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese波布a venomous pit viper of species Protobothrops flavoviridis (syn. Trimeresurus flavoviridis), native to Okinawa
2Japanese反鼻—
Every word from Japanese 反鼻 →Every word from Japanese 波布 →