Where does “白鳥” come from?

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

白鳥 (Japanese): a swan; a white-feathered bird

Definitions

  1. a swan; a white-feathered bird

Ancestry of “白鳥”, step by step

白鳥 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 鳥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鳥a bird; a chicken; fowl or chicken meat

Words derived from “白鳥”

Every word from Middle Chinese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白 →