Where does “袋熊” come from?

袋熊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 熊, from Old Japanese くま, from Old Korean 고마 — bear.

Ancestry of “袋熊”, step by step

袋熊 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 熊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese熊a bear; a bear, an otter
2Old Japaneseくま—
3Old Korean고마bear

via Japanese 袋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese袋a bag; a sack; a pouch; a segment in a fruit such...
Every word from Old Korean 고마 →Every word from Old Japanese くま →Every word from Japanese 熊 →