Where does “狐の尾” come from?
狐の尾 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狐, from Japanese 絵筆, from Japanese 筆, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.
Ancestry of “狐の尾”, step by step
狐の尾 traces back through 3 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 | — |