Where does “丁酉” come from?

丁酉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 酉, from Japanese 鶏, from Japanese 庭, from Old Japanese にわ.

丁酉 (Japanese): Fire Rooster, the thirty-fourth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Fire Rooster, the thirty-fourth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “丁酉”, step by step

丁酉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 酉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese酉the Rooster, the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches
2Japanese鶏a domesticated chicken; a chicken; Alternative...
3Japanese庭garden; place where something is done; at the...
4Old Japaneseにわ—

via Japanese 丁

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese丁street, district; even; counter for long and thin...
2Middle Chinese丁—
Every word from Old Japanese にわ →Every word from Japanese 庭 →Every word from Japanese 鶏 →