Where does “腰白鴨” come from?

腰白鴨 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鴨, from Japanese 家鴨, from Middle Chinese かおう.

腰白鴨 (Japanese): white-backed duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)

Definitions

  1. white-backed duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)

Ancestry of “腰白鴨”, step by step

腰白鴨 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea duck; a mark or easy target for a swindle,...
2Japanese家鴨a domestic duck; a woman who is short and has a...
3Middle Chineseかおう

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesethe color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneselower back; hip
Every word from Middle Chinese かおうEvery word from Japanese 家鴨Every word from Japanese