Where does “とびうお座” come from?

とびうお座 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 飛魚, from Japanese 魚, from Middle Chinese 魚 — fish.

とびうお座 (Japanese): Volans

Definitions

  1. Volans

Ancestry of “とびうお座”, step by step

とびうお座 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 飛魚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese飛魚a flying fish
2Japanese魚a fish; a fish, "especially" when used as food; a...
3Middle Chinese魚fish

via Japanese 座

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese座names of constellations; names of theaters
2Middle Chinese座—
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