Where does “岩ワラビー” come from?

岩ワラビー (Japanese) comes from Japanese ワラビー, from English wallaby, from Dharug wollabi — rock wallaby.

岩ワラビー (Japanese): a rock-wallaby

Definitions

  1. a rock-wallaby

Ancestry of “岩ワラビー”, step by step

岩ワラビー traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ワラビー

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseワラビーa wallaby
2EnglishwallabyAny of several species of marsupial; usually...
3Dharugwollabirock wallaby

via Japanese 岩

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese岩rock
2Old Japaneseいわ—
Every word from Dharug wollabi →Every word from English wallaby →Every word from Japanese ワラビー →