Where does “鍬形虫” come from?

鍬形虫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鍬形, from Japanese 形, from Middle Chinese 形.

鍬形虫 (Japanese): a stag beetle

Definitions

  1. a stag beetle

Ancestry of “鍬形虫”, step by step

鍬形虫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鍬形

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鍬形the shape of the horns on some Japanese war helmets or 兜
2Japanese形a shape; a form; a pattern, die, or model from...
3Middle Chinese形—

via Japanese 虫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese虫a bug, insect, worm; a serpent, snake; a worm
Every word from Middle Chinese 形 →Every word from Japanese 形 →Every word from Japanese 鍬形 →