Where does “河童” come from?

河童 (Japanese) comes from Japanese かっぱ, from Japanese 川, from Japanese 石川 — Ishi River (rivers in Japan).

河童 (Japanese): a river-dwelling imp or monster from Japanese...

Definitions

  1. a river-dwelling imp or monster from Japanese...

Ancestry of “河童”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseかっぱ河童 river-dwelling monster from Japanese...
2Japaneseriver, stream, brook
3Japanese石川Ishi River (rivers in Japan)

Words derived from “河童

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