Where does “熊鷹” come from?

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

熊鷹 (Japanese): a mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)

Definitions

  1. a mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)

Ancestry of “熊鷹”, step by step

熊鷹 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 鷹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鷹a hawk
Every word from Old Korean 고마 →Every word from Old Japanese くま →Every word from Japanese 熊 →