Where does “天狗鮫” come from?

天狗鮫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 天狗, from Middle Chinese 天狗.

天狗鮫 (Japanese): Synonym of 箕作鮫

Definitions

  1. Synonym of 箕作鮫

Ancestry of “天狗鮫”, step by step

天狗鮫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 天狗

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese天狗a tengu, a mythical Japanese creature, typically...
2Middle Chinese天狗—

via Japanese 鮫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鮫a shark
Every word from Middle Chinese 天狗 →Every word from Japanese 天狗 →