Where does “毛綿鴨” come from?

毛綿鴨 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鴨, from Japanese 家鴨, from Middle Chinese かおう.

毛綿鴨 (Japanese): a king eider

Definitions

  1. a king eider

Ancestry of “毛綿鴨”, step by step

毛綿鴨 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鴨

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鴨a duck; a mark or easy target for a swindle,...
2Japanese家鴨a domestic duck; a woman who is short and has a...
3Middle Chineseかおう—

via Japanese 毛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese毛hair, fur; a kind of unit
2Middle Chinese毛—

via Japanese 綿

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese綿cotton; the cotton plant; raw cotton
2Middle Chinese綿—

Words derived from “毛綿鴨”

Every word from Middle Chinese かおう →Every word from Japanese 家鴨 →Every word from Japanese 鴨 →