Where does “ヨーロッパオオヤマネコ” come from?

ヨーロッパオオヤマネコ (Japanese) comes from Japanese ヨーロッパ, from Portuguese Europa, from Old Portuguese Europa.

ヨーロッパオオヤマネコ (Japanese): a Eurasian lynx

Definitions

  1. a Eurasian lynx

Ancestry of “ヨーロッパオオヤマネコ”, step by step

ヨーロッパオオヤマネコ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ヨーロッパ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseヨーロッパEurope
2PortugueseEuropa—
3Old PortugueseEuropa—

via Japanese オオヤマネコ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseオオヤマネコ—
Every word from Old Portuguese Europa →Every word from Portuguese Europa →Every word from Japanese ヨーロッパ →
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