Where does “ミシシッピ鰐” come from?
ミシシッピ鰐 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ミシシッピ, from English Mississippi, from Ojibwe misi-ziibi — great river.
ミシシッピ鰐 (Japanese): American alligator
Definitions
- American alligator
Ancestry of “ミシシッピ鰐”, step by step
ミシシッピ鰐 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ミシシッピ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ミシシッピ | Mississippi |
| 2 | English | Mississippi | Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in... |
| 3 | Ojibwe | misi-ziibi | great river |
via Japanese 鰐
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 鰐 | ワニ crocodilian; a shark or other large and... |