Where does “象海豹” come from?
象海豹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 海豹, from Japanese 等, from Japanese なんど, from Japanese 何と, from Japanese 何 — What?, Huh?; what; that thing.
象海豹 (Japanese): an elephant seal
Definitions
- an elephant seal
Ancestry of “象海豹”, step by step
象海豹 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 海豹
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 海豹 | a seal, specifically the earless seal or true... |
| 2 | Japanese | 等 | et cetera; rank, class, order; et cetera, that... |
| 3 | Japanese | なんど | 何度 the number of times, how often; 等 et cetera;... |
| 4 | Japanese | 何と | etc., and so forth, and such like |
| 5 | Japanese | 何 | What?, Huh?; what; that thing |