Where does “蝶鮫” come from?

蝶鮫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蝶, from Middle Chinese 蝶.

蝶鮫 (Japanese): a sturgeon

Definitions

  1. a sturgeon

Ancestry of “蝶鮫”, step by step

蝶鮫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蝶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蝶a butterfly
2Middle Chinese蝶—

via Japanese 鮫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鮫a shark

Words derived from “蝶鮫”

Every word from Middle Chinese 蝶 →Every word from Japanese 蝶 →