Where does “角目鳥” come from?

角目鳥 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

角目鳥 (Japanese): a horned puffin

Definitions

  1. a horned puffin

Ancestry of “角目鳥”, step by step

角目鳥 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 角

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese角A corner; An edge; A street corner
2Middle Chinese角—

via Japanese 鳥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鳥a bird; a chicken; fowl or chicken meat

Words derived from “角目鳥”

Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →