Where does “灰色熊” come from?

灰色熊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 熊, from Old Japanese くま, from Old Korean 고마 — bear.

灰色熊 (Japanese): a grizzly bear

Definitions

  1. a grizzly bear

Ancestry of “灰色熊”, step by step

灰色熊 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 熊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese熊a bear; a bear, an otter
2Old Japaneseくま—
3Old Korean고마bear

via Japanese 灰色

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese灰色gray (color), an ashen color
2Japanese色color
3Middle Chinese色—
Every word from Old Korean 고마 →Every word from Old Japanese くま →Every word from Japanese 熊 →