Where does “キタキツネ” come from?

キタキツネ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狐, from Japanese 絵筆, from Japanese 筆, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.

キタキツネ (Japanese): Vulpes vulpes schrencki a subspecies of the red fox

Definitions

  1. Vulpes vulpes schrencki a subspecies of the red fox

Ancestry of “キタキツネ”, step by step

キタキツネ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 狐

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—

via Japanese 北

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese北north; the North; a northerly, north wind
2Chinese Mandarin北—

Words derived from “キタキツネ”

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