Where does “魚雷” come from?
魚雷 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雷, from Japanese 神, from Japanese かみ, from Translingual −.
魚雷 (Japanese): torpedo
Ancestry of “魚雷”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 雷 | thunder; lightning, thunderbolt; thunder god |
| 2 | Japanese | 神 | a spirit or an essence present in all things, the... |
| 3 | Japanese | かみ | — |
| 4 | Translingual | − | — |