Where does “ニューファンドランド白狼” come from?
ニューファンドランド白狼 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狼, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
ニューファンドランド白狼 (Japanese): a Newfoundland wolf
Definitions
- a Newfoundland wolf
Ancestry of “ニューファンドランド白狼”, step by step
ニューファンドランド白狼 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 狼
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 狼 | a wolf; Short for 日本狼 |
| 2 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |
via Japanese 白
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 白 | the color white; innocence; a white go stone |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 白 | — |
via Japanese ニューファンドランド
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ニューファンドランド | a Newfoundland |
| 2 | English | Newfoundland | A very large breed of working dog from... |