Where does “八目鰻” come from?
八目鰻 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鰻, from Old Japanese むなぎ, from Proto-Japonic unanki — eel.
八目鰻 (Japanese): a lamprey
Definitions
- a lamprey
Ancestry of “八目鰻”, step by step
八目鰻 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 鰻
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 鰻 | an eel; eel, especially the Japanese eel;... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | むなぎ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | unanki | eel |
via Japanese 目
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via Japanese 八つ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 八つ | eight things [small or without a counter category] |