Where does “尾長” come from?

尾長 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 尾, from Old Japanese 尾.

尾長 (Japanese): azure-winged magpie

Definitions

  1. azure-winged magpie

Ancestry of “尾長”, step by step

尾長 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 尾

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese尾a tail; the foot of a mountain; the end of...
2Old Japanese尾—

via Japanese 長

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese長chief, head, leader; strong point; major
2Middle Chinese長—
Every word from Old Japanese 尾 →Every word from Japanese 尾 →