Where does “二十日鼠” come from?
二十日鼠 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 二十日, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi.
二十日鼠 (Japanese): "Mus musculus", the common house mouse
Definitions
- "Mus musculus", the common house mouse
Ancestry of “二十日鼠”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 二十日 | the twentieth day of the month; twenty days;... |
| 2 | Japanese | 日 | Short for 日曜日 : Sunday; the sun; sunlight,... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 日 | the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *pi | — |