Where does “kitsune” come from?
kitsune (English) comes from Japanese 狐, from Japanese 絵筆, from Japanese 筆, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.
kitsune (English): a Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively...
Definitions
- a Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively...
Ancestry of “kitsune”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 狐 | a fox |
| 2 | Japanese | 絵筆 | — |
| 3 | Japanese | 筆 | a writing brush, a painting brush, a pen;... |
| 4 | Japanese | 文 | the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 文 | — |