Where does “雀蛾” come from?

雀蛾 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蛾, from Middle Chinese 蛾.

雀蛾 (Japanese): a hawk moth, a sphingid

Definitions

  1. a hawk moth, a sphingid

Ancestry of “雀蛾”, step by step

雀蛾 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蛾

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蛾a moth
2Middle Chinese蛾—

via Japanese 雀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雀a Eurasian tree sparrow

Words derived from “雀蛾”

Every word from Middle Chinese 蛾 →Every word from Japanese 蛾 →