Where does “海獺” come from?

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

海獺 (Japanese): a sea otter; a sea lion; a seal

Definitions

  1. a sea otter; a sea lion; a seal

Ancestry of “海獺”, step by step

海獺 traces back through 3 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 獺

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese獺an otter

via Middle Chinese 海獺

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese海獺—
Every word from Old Japanese うな →Every word from Japanese 海 →