Where does “赤立羽” come from?

赤立羽 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 立羽蝶, from Japanese 立てる, from Old Japanese 立つ, from Proto-Japonic tatu.

赤立羽 (Japanese): Indian red admiral (Vanessa indica)

Definitions

  1. Indian red admiral (Vanessa indica)

Ancestry of “赤立羽”, step by step

赤立羽 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 立羽蝶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese立羽蝶brush-footed butterfly
2Japanese立てるto stand, to place in an upright position; to...
3Old Japanese立つto rise, stand
4Proto-Japonictatu—

via Japanese 赤

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese赤red; communism, socialism; a communist
Every word from Proto-Japonic tatu →Every word from Old Japanese 立つ →Every word from Japanese 立てる →