Where does “狼人間” come from?
狼人間 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狼, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
狼人間 (Japanese): a werewolf
Ancestry of “狼人間”, step by step
狼人間 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 狼
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 狼 | a wolf; Short for 日本狼 |
| 2 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |
via Japanese 人間
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 人間 | human, person, human being; personality,... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 人間 | — |