Where does “蒙古馬” come from?

蒙古馬 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蒙古, from Chinese 蒙古, from Mongolian ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ.

蒙古馬 (Japanese): a Mongolian horse

Definitions

  1. a Mongolian horse

Ancestry of “蒙古馬”, step by step

蒙古馬 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蒙古

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蒙古Mongolia
2Chinese蒙古—
3Mongolianᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ—

via Japanese 馬

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese馬a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a...
2Middle Chinese馬—
Every word from Mongolian ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ →Every word from Chinese 蒙古 →Every word from Japanese 蒙古 →