Where does “尾鰭” come from?

尾鰭 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 尾, from Old Japanese 尾.

尾鰭 (Japanese): tailfin of a fish

Definitions

  1. tailfin of a fish

Ancestry of “尾鰭”, step by step

尾鰭 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 尾

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

via Japanese 鰭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鰭fin
Every word from Old Japanese 尾 →Every word from Japanese 尾 →