Where does “蛇食鷲” come from?

蛇食鷲 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 食う, from Old Japanese くう, from Middle Chinese 偶.

蛇食鷲 (Japanese): a secretary bird

Definitions

  1. a secretary bird

Ancestry of “蛇食鷲”, step by step

蛇食鷲 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

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 蛇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蛇a snake, serpent
2Middle Chineseしゃ'—

via Japanese 鷲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鷲an eagle
Every word from Middle Chinese 偶 →Every word from Old Japanese くう →Every word from Japanese 食う →