Where does “黄蜻蛉” come from?

黄蜻蛉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 黄, from Middle Chinese 黃.

黄蜻蛉 (Japanese): a yellow darter (Sympetrum croceolum), a kind of dragonfly in East Asia

Definitions

  1. a yellow darter (Sympetrum croceolum), a kind of dragonfly in East Asia

Ancestry of “黄蜻蛉”, step by step

黄蜻蛉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 黄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese黄yellow
2Middle Chinese黃—

via Japanese 蜻蛉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蜻蛉dragonfly; Alternative spelling of 秋津: dragonfly;...
2Chinese蜻蛉dragonfly

Words derived from “黄蜻蛉”

Every word from Middle Chinese 黃 →Every word from Japanese 黄 →