Where does “日本狼” come from?

日本狼 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

日本狼 (Japanese): a Japanese wolf, Canis lupus hodophilax

Definitions

  1. a Japanese wolf, Canis lupus hodophilax

Ancestry of “日本狼”, step by step

日本狼 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 日本

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
2Japanese日Sunday
3Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
4Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

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
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →