Where does “海老” come from?

海老 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese えび.

海老 (Japanese): "any long-tailed decapod crustacean or...

Definitions

  1. "any long-tailed decapod crustacean or...

Ancestry of “海老”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseえび—

Words derived from “海老”

Every word from Old Japanese えび →