Where does “ヒアリ” come from?
ヒアリ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蟻, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.
ヒアリ (Japanese): fire ant, especially the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta
Definitions
- fire ant, especially the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta
Ancestry of “ヒアリ”, step by step
ヒアリ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 蟻
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 蟻 | ant; an ant, particularly one without wings; an... |
| 2 | Japanese | の | genitive case marker; nominative case marker in a... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | の | plain, field |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 能 | talent, ability |
via Japanese 火
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 火 | "term relating to fire"; a light; a burning... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 火 | a fire; a light |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | poy | fire |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | po | — |