Where does “猪” come from?

猪 (Japanese) comes from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

猪 (Japanese): a wild boar, "Sus scrofa"; a pig or wild boar;...

Definitions

  1. a wild boar, "Sus scrofa"; a pig or wild boar;...

Ancestry of “猪”, step by step

猪 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese の

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
2Old Japaneseのplain, field
3Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese 獣

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese獣an animal covered in fur, a beast; a beast; beast
2Middle Chinese獸beast

Words derived from “猪”

Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →