Where does “山椒魚” come from?

山椒魚 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 魚, from Middle Chinese 魚 — fish.

山椒魚 (Japanese): a primitive salamander; a cryptobranchoid

Definitions

  1. a primitive salamander; a cryptobranchoid

Ancestry of “山椒魚”, step by step

山椒魚 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 魚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese魚a fish; a fish, "especially" when used as food; a...
2Middle Chinese魚fish

via Japanese 山椒

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese山椒Zanthoxylum piperitum
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