Where does “灰色狐” come from?
灰色狐 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狐, from Japanese 絵筆, from Japanese 筆, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.
灰色狐 (Japanese): a gray fox
Ancestry of “灰色狐”, step by step
灰色狐 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 狐
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 狐 | a fox |
| 2 | Japanese | 絵筆 | paintbrush |
| 3 | Japanese | 筆 | a writing brush, a painting brush, a pen;... |
| 4 | Japanese | 文 | the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 文 | — |
via Japanese 灰色
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 灰色 | gray (color), an ashen color |
| 2 | Japanese | 色 | color |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 色 | — |