Where does “小人カイマン” come from?

小人カイマン (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小人, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

小人カイマン (Japanese): a dwarf caiman

Definitions

  1. a dwarf caiman

Ancestry of “小人カイマン”, step by step

小人カイマン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 小人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小人child, small person; dwarf; narrow-minded person,...
2Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
3Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese カイマン

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseカイマンa caiman
2Spanishcaimánalligator; caiman
3Taínokaimán—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 小人 →