Where does “インド孔雀” come from?

インド孔雀 (Japanese) comes from Japanese インド, from Chinese 印度.

インド孔雀 (Japanese): an Indian peafowl

Definitions

  1. an Indian peafowl

Ancestry of “インド孔雀”, step by step

インド孔雀 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese インド

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseインドIndia
2Chinese印度—

via Japanese 孔雀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese孔雀a peafowl; a upper-class prostitute "especially"...
2Middle Chineseくしやく—
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