Where does “野衾” come from?

野衾 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 野, from Middle Chinese 野.

野衾 (Japanese): Monster, 妖怪, resembling a Japanese giant flying squirrel or large bat said to eat tree fruits, blood of living creatures and fire

Definitions

  1. Monster, 妖怪, resembling a Japanese giant flying squirrel or large bat said to eat tree fruits, blood of living creatures and fire

Ancestry of “野衾”, step by step

野衾 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 野

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese野an area, field; the hidden part of a structure;...
2Middle Chinese野—

via Japanese 衾

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese衾quilt
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