Where does “シロイワヤギ” come from?

シロイワヤギ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 白, from Middle Chinese 白.

シロイワヤギ (Japanese): a mountain goat

Definitions

  1. a mountain goat

Ancestry of “シロイワヤギ”, step by step

シロイワヤギ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—

via Japanese 岩

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese岩rock
2Old Japaneseいわ—

via Japanese ヤギ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseヤギa goat
Every word from Middle Chinese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白 →