Where does “北極狼” come from?

北極狼 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狼, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

北極狼 (Japanese): an Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos)

Definitions

  1. an Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos)

Ancestry of “北極狼”, step by step

北極狼 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 北極

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese北極Short for 北極圏. north polar region, north pole;...
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →