Where does “溝鼠” come from?

溝鼠 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.

溝鼠 (Japanese): a brown rat

Definitions

  1. a brown rat

Ancestry of “溝鼠”, step by step

溝鼠 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鼠

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鼠a mouse or a rat; general term for members of...
2Japanesenezumi—

via Japanese 溝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese溝a ditch; a groove; a gulf; a gap
2Proto-Japonicminsə—
Every word from Japanese nezumi →Every word from Japanese 鼠 →