Where does “角鮫” come from?

角鮫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 角, from Middle Chinese 角.

角鮫 (Japanese): a dogfish shark in family Squalidae

Definitions

  1. a dogfish shark in family Squalidae

Ancestry of “角鮫”, step by step

角鮫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 角

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

via Japanese 鮫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鮫a shark
Every word from Middle Chinese 角 →Every word from Japanese 角 →