Where does “ステラー海牛” come from?
ステラー海牛 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 海牛, from Japanese 牛, from Middle Chinese 牛.
ステラー海牛 (Japanese): a Steller's sea cow
Definitions
- a Steller's sea cow
Ancestry of “ステラー海牛”, step by step
ステラー海牛 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 海牛
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 海牛 | a sea slug, a nudibranch |
| 2 | Japanese | 牛 | cow, bull, ox, cattle; beef; Ox |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 牛 | — |
via English Steller's sea cow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Steller's sea cow | Hydrodamalis gigas, an extinct herbivorous marine... |