Where does “南蛮鴃舌” come from?

南蛮鴃舌 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 舌, from Old Japanese した, from Translingual − — A long signal, used to form Morse code text, together with. (a short signal).

Ancestry of “南蛮鴃舌”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese舌tongue
2Old Japaneseした—
3Translingual−A long signal, used to form Morse code text, together with. (a short signal)
Every word from Translingual − →Every word from Old Japanese した →Every word from Japanese 舌 →