Where does “鎧土竜蜚蠊” come from?

鎧土竜蜚蠊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 土竜, from Japanese 針土竜, from Japanese 針, from Middle Chinese 針.

鎧土竜蜚蠊 (Japanese): the giant burrowing cockroach, Macropanesthia rhinoceros

Definitions

  1. the giant burrowing cockroach, Macropanesthia rhinoceros

Ancestry of “鎧土竜蜚蠊”, step by step

鎧土竜蜚蠊 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 土竜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese土竜a mole; an earthworm; an outstanding horse; an...
2Japanese針土竜a short-beaked echidna
3Japanese針a needle used in sewing or other forms of...
4Middle Chinese針—

via Japanese 鎧

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鎧armor
Every word from Middle Chinese 針 →Every word from Japanese 土竜 →Every word from Japanese 針土竜 →