Where does “スナドリネコ” come from?

スナドリネコ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 猫, from Old Japanese ねこ.

スナドリネコ (Japanese): a fishing cat

Definitions

  1. a fishing cat

Ancestry of “スナドリネコ”, step by step

スナドリネコ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 猫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese猫a cat
2Old Japaneseねこ—

via Japanese 漁り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese漁り—
Every word from Old Japanese ねこ →Every word from Japanese 猫 →