Where does “銀鮫” come from?

銀鮫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 銀, from Middle Chinese 銀, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur — silver.

銀鮫 (Japanese): a silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma)

Definitions

  1. a silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma)

Ancestry of “銀鮫”, step by step

銀鮫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 銀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese銀silver
2Middle Chinese銀—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanŋul ~ (d-)ŋursilver

via Japanese 鮫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鮫a shark
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur →Every word from Middle Chinese 銀 →Every word from Japanese 銀 →