Where does “パプア火食い鳥” come from?
パプア火食い鳥 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 火食い鳥, from Japanese 火, from Old Japanese 火, from Proto-Japonic poy, from Proto-Japonic po.
パプア火食い鳥 (Japanese): a northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)
Definitions
- a northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)
Ancestry of “パプア火食い鳥”, step by step
パプア火食い鳥 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 火食い鳥
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 火食い鳥 | a southern cassowary |
| 2 | Japanese | 火 | "term relating to fire"; a light; a burning... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 火 | a fire; a light |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | poy | fire |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | po | — |
via Japanese パプア
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | パプア | Papua |
| 2 | English | Papua | The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea |
| 3 | Malay | Papua | — |