Where does “海生動物” come from?

海生動物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 生, from Japanese 生き, from Japanese 生く — to live; to exist; to keep alive; to grow or...

海生動物 (Japanese): marine animal

Definitions

  1. marine animal

Ancestry of “海生動物”, step by step

海生動物 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 生

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese生a raw, uncooked state; Short for 生ビール; live
2Japanese生きliving; life, living; freshness
3Japanese生くto live; to exist; to keep alive; to grow or...

via Japanese 海

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

via Japanese 動物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese動物animal
2Middle Chinese動物—
Every word from Japanese 生く →Every word from Japanese 生き →Every word from Japanese 生 →