Where does “白兎” come from?

白兎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 白, from Middle Chinese 白.

白兎 (Japanese): A rabbit with white fur; The Echigo hare, "Lepus...

Definitions

  1. A rabbit with white fur; The Echigo hare, "Lepus...

Ancestry of “白兎”, step by step

白兎 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—

via Japanese 兎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese兎rabbit; hare; leporid
Every word from Middle Chinese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白 →