Where does “虹鱒” come from?

虹鱒 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 虹, from Middle Chinese 虹.

虹鱒 (Japanese): rainbow trout

Definitions

  1. rainbow trout

Ancestry of “虹鱒”, step by step

虹鱒 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 虹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese虹a rainbow
2Middle Chinese虹—

via Japanese 鱒

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鱒trout, sea trout: more specifically, fish...
2Japanese松a pine tree; a pine branch decorated for the...
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