Where does “海烏” come from?

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

海烏 (Japanese): a common murre (Uria aalge)

Definitions

  1. a common murre (Uria aalge)

Ancestry of “海烏”, step by step

海烏 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 烏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese烏crow, raven; crow; raven
2Middle Chinese烏—

Words derived from “海烏”

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