Where does “ヨーロッパオオカミ” come from?

ヨーロッパオオカミ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狼, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

ヨーロッパオオカミ (Japanese): a Eurasian wolf

Definitions

  1. a Eurasian wolf

Ancestry of “ヨーロッパオオカミ”, step by step

ヨーロッパオオカミ 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 ヨーロッパ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseヨーロッパEurope
2PortugueseEuropa—
3Old PortugueseEuropa—
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →