Where does “癸亥” come from?

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

癸亥 (Japanese): Water Boar, the sixtieth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Water Boar, the sixtieth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “癸亥”, step by step

癸亥 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 亥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese亥the Boar, the twelfth of the twelve Earthly Branches
2Japanese猪a wild boar, "Sus scrofa"; a pig or wild boar;...
3Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
4Old Japaneseのplain, field
5Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese 癸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese癸the tenth of the ten heavenly stems
2Middle Chinese癸—
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →