Where does “ウグイ” come from?

ウグイ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鵜, from Japanese 鯎 — the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled...

ウグイ (Japanese): the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled...

Definitions

  1. the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled...

Ancestry of “ウグイ”, step by step

ウグイ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鵜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鵜a cormorant
2Japanese鯎the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled...

via Japanese 食い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese食いeating, grubbing up; bite
Every word from Japanese 鯎 →Every word from Japanese 鵜 →