Where does “地栗鼠” come from?

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

地栗鼠 (Japanese): a ground squirrel

Definitions

  1. a ground squirrel

Ancestry of “地栗鼠”, step by step

地栗鼠 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 地

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese地earth, dirt; fabric, cloth; territory
2Middle Chinese地—
Every word from Japanese nezumi →Every word from Japanese 鼠 →Every word from Japanese 栗鼠 →