Where does “小熊” come from?

小熊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 熊, from Old Japanese くま, from Old Korean 고마 — bear.

小熊 (Japanese): a small bear

Definitions

  1. a small bear

Ancestry of “小熊”, step by step

小熊 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 熊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese熊a bear; a bear, an otter
2Old Japaneseくま—
3Old Korean고마bear

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Old Korean 고마 →Every word from Old Japanese くま →Every word from Japanese 熊 →