Where does “鴨川” come from?
鴨川 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 鴨川, from Japanese 鴨, from Japanese 家鴨, from Middle Chinese かおう.
Ancestry of “鴨川”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 鴨川 | located on the southeast of the Bōsō Peninsula; developed as a fishing village in the early Edo period, later becoming a seaside resort town |
| 2 | Japanese | 鴨 | a duck; a mark or easy target for a swindle,... |
| 3 | Japanese | 家鴨 | a domestic duck; a woman who is short and has a... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | かおう | — |