Where does “海牛” come from?

海牛 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 牛, from Middle Chinese 牛.

海牛 (Japanese): a sea slug, a nudibranch

Definitions

  1. a sea slug, a nudibranch

Ancestry of “海牛”, step by step

海牛 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 牛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese牛cow, bull, ox, cattle; beef; Ox
2Middle Chinese牛—

via Japanese 海

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

Words derived from “海牛”

Every word from Middle Chinese 牛 →Every word from Japanese 牛 →