Where does “狼女” come from?

狼女 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狼, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

狼女 (Japanese): a female werewolf

Definitions

  1. a female werewolf

Ancestry of “狼女”, step by step

狼女 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 狼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese狼a wolf; Short for 日本狼
2Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
3Old Japanese大big, large; large
4Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese 女

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女a woman; a wife; a mistress, concubine
2Middle Chinese女—
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →
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