Where does “臍猪” come from?

臍猪 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 猪, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

臍猪 (Japanese): peccary

Definitions

  1. peccary

Ancestry of “臍猪”, step by step

臍猪 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 猪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese猪a wild boar, "Sus scrofa"; a pig or wild boar;...
2Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
3Old Japaneseのplain, field
4Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese 臍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese臍navel
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →