Where does “白熊” come from?

白熊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 熊, from Old Japanese くま, from Old Korean 고마 — bear.

白熊 (Japanese): Synonym of 北極熊

Definitions

  1. Synonym of 北極熊

Ancestry of “白熊”, step by step

白熊 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 熊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese熊a bear; a bear, an otter
2Old Japaneseくま—
3Old Korean고마bear

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—
Every word from Old Korean 고마 →Every word from Old Japanese くま →Every word from Japanese 熊 →
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