Where does “yuki-onna” come from?

yuki-onna (English) comes from Japanese 雪女, from Japanese 女, from Middle Chinese 女.

yuki-onna (English): Japanese snow spirit; the spirit of a woman who...

Definitions

  1. Japanese snow spirit; the spirit of a woman who...

Ancestry of “yuki-onna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雪女"yuki-onna", "snow-woman": spirit of a woman who...
2Japanese女a woman; a wife; a mistress, concubine
3Middle Chinese女—
Every word from Middle Chinese 女 →Every word from Japanese 女 →Every word from Japanese 雪女 →