Where does “青鮫” come from?

青鮫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 青, from Middle Chinese 青.

青鮫 (Japanese): a shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus

Definitions

  1. a shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus

Ancestry of “青鮫”, step by step

青鮫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 青

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese青blue
2Middle Chinese青—

via Japanese 鮫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鮫a shark
Every word from Middle Chinese 青 →Every word from Japanese 青 →