Where does “蝦夷狼” come from?
蝦夷狼 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 狼, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
蝦夷狼 (Japanese): Hokkaido wolf (†Canis lupus hattai)
Definitions
- Hokkaido wolf (†Canis lupus hattai)
Ancestry of “蝦夷狼”, step by step
蝦夷狼 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 狼
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 狼 | a wolf; Short for 日本狼 |
| 2 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |
via Japanese 蝦夷
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 蝦夷 | an ancient ethnic group that once lived on what... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 蝦夷 | an ancient ethnic group that once lived on... |