Where does “海驢” come from?

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

海驢 (Japanese): Alternative spelling of 葦鹿

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of 葦鹿

Ancestry of “海驢”, step by step

海驢 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 驢

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese驢donkey
Every word from Old Japanese うな →Every word from Japanese 海 →