Where does “海豹” come from?
海豹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 等, from Japanese なんど, from Japanese 何と, from Japanese 何 — What?, Huh?; what; that thing.
海豹 (Japanese): a seal, specifically the earless seal or true...
Definitions
- a seal, specifically the earless seal or true...
Ancestry of “海豹”, step by step
海豹 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 等
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 等 | et cetera; rank, class, order; et cetera, that... |
| 2 | Japanese | なんど | 何度 the number of times, how often; 等 et cetera;... |
| 3 | Japanese | 何と | etc., and so forth, and such like |
| 4 | Japanese | 何 | What?, Huh?; what; that thing |
via Japanese 獣
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 獣 | an animal covered in fur, a beast; a beast; beast |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 獸 | beast |
via Japanese 痣
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 痣 | bruise, birthmark |