Where does “癸酉” come from?

癸酉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 酉, from Japanese 鶏, from Japanese 庭, from Old Japanese にわ.

癸酉 (Japanese): Water Rooster, the tenth term of the sexagenary cycle

Definitions

  1. Water Rooster, the tenth term of the sexagenary cycle

Ancestry of “癸酉”, step by step

癸酉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 酉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese酉the Rooster, the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches
2Japanese鶏a domesticated chicken; a chicken; Alternative...
3Japanese庭garden; place where something is done; at the...
4Old Japaneseにわ—

via Japanese 癸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese癸the tenth of the ten heavenly stems
2Middle Chinese癸—
Every word from Old Japanese にわ →Every word from Japanese 庭 →Every word from Japanese 鶏 →