Where does “野鶏” come from?

野鶏 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鶏, from Japanese 庭, from Old Japanese にわ.

野鶏 (Japanese): a junglefowl

Definitions

  1. a junglefowl

Ancestry of “野鶏”, step by step

野鶏 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鶏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鶏a domesticated chicken; a chicken; Alternative...
2Japanese庭garden; place where something is done; at the...
3Old Japaneseにわ—

via Japanese 野

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

Words derived from “野鶏”

Every word from Old Japanese にわ →Every word from Japanese 庭 →Every word from Japanese 鶏 →