Where does “北栗鼠” come from?

北栗鼠 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 栗鼠, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.

北栗鼠 (Japanese): a red squirrel

Definitions

  1. a red squirrel

Ancestry of “北栗鼠”, step by step

北栗鼠 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 栗鼠

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese栗鼠a squirrel
2Japanese鼠a mouse or a rat; general term for members of...
3Japanesenezumi—

via Japanese 北

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese北north; the North; a northerly, north wind
2Chinese Mandarin北—
Every word from Japanese nezumi →Every word from Japanese 鼠 →Every word from Japanese 栗鼠 →
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