Where does “砂蚤” come from?

砂蚤 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蚤, from Japanese 飲み, from Japanese 飲む — to drink, to gulp, to swallow; to eat; to smoke...

砂蚤 (Japanese): a chigoe

Definitions

  1. a chigoe

Ancestry of “砂蚤”, step by step

砂蚤 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蚤

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蚤flea
2Japanese飲みdrink
3Japanese飲むto drink, to gulp, to swallow; to eat; to smoke...

via Japanese 砂

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese砂sand
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