Where does “ベンガル狐” come from?

ベンガル狐 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ベンガル, from English Bengal, from Portuguese Bengala, from Persian بنگاله, from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা, from Sanskrit वङ्गाल.

ベンガル狐 (Japanese): a Bengal fox

Definitions

  1. a Bengal fox

Ancestry of “ベンガル狐”, step by step

ベンガル狐 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ベンガル

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseベンガルBengal
2EnglishBengalA short-haired domestic cat breed, which...
3PortugueseBengalaBengal
4Persianبنگاله—
5Middle Bengaliবাঙ্গালাBengal
6Sanskritवङ्गाल—

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—
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