Where does “蓼食う虫も好き好き” come from?

蓼食う虫も好き好き (Japanese) comes from Japanese も, from Old Japanese も, from Proto-Japonic mə, from Arabic مَن — who?; who.

蓼食う虫も好き好き (Japanese): there's no accounting for taste

Definitions

  1. there's no accounting for taste

Ancestry of “蓼食う虫も好き好き”, step by step

蓼食う虫も好き好き traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese も

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseもUsed to form the conjectural form of verbs,...
2Old Japaneseもnon-unique topic marker: also, even
3Proto-Japonicmənon-unique topic marker: also, even, too, as well
4Arabicمَنwho?; who

via Japanese 食う

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese食うto put something in one's mouth; to eat, to...
2Old Japaneseくう—
3Middle Chinese偶—

via Japanese 虫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese虫a bug, insect, worm; a serpent, snake; a worm
Every word from Arabic مَن →Every word from Proto-Japonic mə →Every word from Old Japanese も →