Where does “鳥貝” come from?
鳥貝 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 貝, from Old Japanese かい.
鳥貝 (Japanese): a Japanese cockle, an egg cockle: an edible...
Definitions
- a Japanese cockle, an egg cockle: an edible...
Ancestry of “鳥貝”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 貝 | a shellfish |
| 2 | Old Japanese | かい | — |