Where does “ミナミコアリクイ” come from?

ミナミコアリクイ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 南, from Middle Chinese 南.

ミナミコアリクイ (Japanese): southern tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla

Definitions

  1. southern tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla

Ancestry of “ミナミコアリクイ”, step by step

ミナミコアリクイ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 南

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese南the south; a southerly, south wind; to go south
2Middle Chinese南—

via Japanese コアリクイ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseコアリクイ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Japanese 南 →