Where does “招き猫” come from?

招き猫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 猫, from Old Japanese ねこ.

招き猫 (Japanese): beckoning cat

Definitions

  1. beckoning cat

Ancestry of “招き猫”, step by step

招き猫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 猫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese猫a cat
2Old Japaneseねこ—

via Japanese 招き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese招きinvitation
2Japanese招くto beckon; to incur, to invite, to lead to, to...

Words derived from “招き猫”

Every word from Old Japanese ねこ →Every word from Japanese 猫 →