Where does “血吸蝙蝠” come from?

血吸蝙蝠 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蝙蝠, from Chinese 蝙蝠, from Chinese 蝠, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan baːk — bat.

血吸蝙蝠 (Japanese): a vampire bat

Definitions

  1. a vampire bat

Ancestry of “血吸蝙蝠”, step by step

血吸蝙蝠 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蝙蝠

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蝙蝠a bat
2Chinese蝙蝠bat
3Chinese蝠—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanbaːkbat

via Japanese 血

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese血blood
2Old Japanese血blood

via Japanese 吸い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese吸いsucking

Words derived from “血吸蝙蝠”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan baːk →Every word from Chinese 蝠 →Every word from Chinese 蝙蝠 →