Where does “Japan-Saibling” come from?

Japan-Saibling (German) comes from German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Japan-Saibling (German): whitespotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis)

Definitions

  1. whitespotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis)

Ancestry of “Japan-Saibling”, step by step

Japan-Saibling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Japan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJapan
2DutchJapan
3MalayJepangJapanese
4Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
5Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

via German Saibling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSaiblingchar
Every word from Middle Chinese 日本