Where does “揚羽蝶” come from?

揚羽蝶 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 揚羽, from Japanese 羽, from Japanese 根, from Old Japanese 根.

揚羽蝶 (Japanese): swallowtail, butterfly of the family Papilionidae

Definitions

  1. swallowtail, butterfly of the family Papilionidae

Ancestry of “揚羽蝶”, step by step

揚羽蝶 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 揚羽

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese揚羽—
2Japanese羽the portion of a feather where the quill attaches...
3Japanese根a root; the source; the root; nature; the...
4Old Japanese根—

via Japanese 蝶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蝶a butterfly
2Middle Chinese蝶—
Every word from Old Japanese 根 →Every word from Japanese 根 →Every word from Japanese 羽 →