Where does “毛蟹” come from?

毛蟹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 毛, from Middle Chinese 毛.

毛蟹 (Japanese): a horsehair crab

Definitions

  1. a horsehair crab

Ancestry of “毛蟹”, step by step

毛蟹 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 毛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese毛hair, fur; a kind of unit
2Middle Chinese毛—

via Japanese 蟹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蟹a crab
2Japanese殻shell, crust, chaff; husk, hull; cinders, ashes
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