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

  1. a Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively...

Ancestry of “kitsune”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese狐a fox
2Japanese絵筆paintbrush
3Japanese筆a writing brush, a painting brush, a pen;...
4Japanese文the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for...
5Middle Chinese文—
Every word from Middle Chinese 文 →Every word from Japanese 文 →Every word from Japanese 筆 →