Where does “竪琴海豹” come from?

竪琴海豹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 海豹, from Japanese 等, from Japanese なんど, from Japanese 何と, from Japanese 何 — What?, Huh?; what; that thing.

竪琴海豹 (Japanese): a harp seal

Definitions

  1. a harp seal

Ancestry of “竪琴海豹”, step by step

竪琴海豹 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 海豹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海豹a seal, specifically the earless seal or true...
2Japanese等et cetera; rank, class, order; et cetera, that...
3Japaneseなんど何度 the number of times, how often; 等 et cetera;...
4Japanese何とetc., and so forth, and such like
5Japanese何What?, Huh?; what; that thing

via Japanese 竪琴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese竪琴—
Every word from Japanese 何 →Every word from Japanese 何と →Every word from Japanese なんど →