Where does “海亀” come from?

海亀 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 海, from Old Japanese うな.

海亀 (Japanese): a sea turtle

Definitions

  1. a sea turtle

Ancestry of “海亀”, step by step

海亀 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 海

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海a sea, an ocean; a lake; an object covering over...
2Old Japaneseうな—

via Japanese 亀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese亀a tortoise or turtle; a drunkard; a 家紋 with...
2Middle Chinese龜—

Words derived from “海亀”

Every word from Old Japanese うな →Every word from Japanese 海 →