Where does “紅天蛾” come from?

紅天蛾 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雀蛾, from Japanese 蛾, from Middle Chinese 蛾.

紅天蛾 (Japanese): elephant hawk moth, Deilephila elpenor

Definitions

  1. elephant hawk moth, Deilephila elpenor

Ancestry of “紅天蛾”, step by step

紅天蛾 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 雀蛾

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雀蛾a hawk moth, a sphingid
2Japanese蛾a moth
3Middle Chinese蛾—

via Japanese 紅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese紅the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards...
2Middle Chinese紅—
Every word from Middle Chinese 蛾 →Every word from Japanese 蛾 →Every word from Japanese 雀蛾 →