Where does “穴熊” come from?

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

穴熊 (Japanese): a badger; a shogi castle that locates the king at...

Definitions

  1. a badger; a shogi castle that locates the king at...

Ancestry of “穴熊”, step by step

穴熊 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 穴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese穴hole; opening, aperture; pit

Words derived from “穴熊”

Every word from Old Korean 고마 →Every word from Old Japanese くま →Every word from Japanese 熊 →