Where does “尾巻錦蛇” come from?

尾巻錦蛇 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 錦蛇, from Japanese 錦, from Japanese 丹, from Old Japanese 丹.

尾巻錦蛇 (Japanese): a member of genus Morelia of pythons

Definitions

  1. a member of genus Morelia of pythons

Ancestry of “尾巻錦蛇”, step by step

尾巻錦蛇 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 錦蛇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese錦蛇a python
2Japanese錦brocade; a word expressing beauty
3Japanese丹the color red; red earth; cinnabar
4Old Japanese丹—

via Japanese 尾

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese尾a tail; the foot of a mountain; the end of...
2Old Japanese尾—

via Japanese 巻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese巻scroll; book; a scroll or book
2Middle Chineseかん—
Every word from Old Japanese 丹 →Every word from Japanese 丹 →Every word from Japanese 錦 →