Where does “メキシコオオカミ” come from?

メキシコオオカミ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狼, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

メキシコオオカミ (Japanese): a Mexican wolf

Definitions

  1. a Mexican wolf

Ancestry of “メキシコオオカミ”, step by step

メキシコオオカミ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 狼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese狼a wolf; Short for 日本狼
2Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
3Old Japanese大big, large; large
4Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese メキシコ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseメキシコMexico
2EnglishMexiconow submerged under Lake Tawakoni
3SpanishMéxicoMexico
4Classical NahuatlMēxihcoMexico
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →