Where does “狼” come from?
狼 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
狼 (Japanese): a wolf; Short for 日本狼
Definitions
- a wolf; Short for 日本狼
Ancestry of “狼”, step by step
狼 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 大
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |
via Japanese 神
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 神 | a spirit or an essence present in all things, the... |
| 2 | Japanese | かみ | — |
| 3 | Translingual | − | A long signal, used to form Morse code text, together with. (a short signal) |
via Japanese ōkami
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ōkami | — |