Where does “白鮫” come from?

白鮫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 白, from Middle Chinese 白.

白鮫 (Japanese): a spotless smooth-hound

Definitions

  1. a spotless smooth-hound

Ancestry of “白鮫”, step by step

白鮫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—

via Japanese 鮫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鮫a shark
Every word from Middle Chinese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白 →