Where does “カリブ海” come from?

カリブ海 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 海, from Old Japanese うな.

カリブ海 (Japanese): the Caribbean Sea

Definitions

  1. the Caribbean Sea

Ancestry of “カリブ海”, step by step

カリブ海 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 海

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海a sea, an ocean; a lake; an object covering over...
2Old Japaneseうな—

via Japanese カリブ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseカリブ—
Every word from Old Japanese うな →Every word from Japanese 海 →