Where does “雄猫” come from?

雄猫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雄, from Middle Chinese 雄.

雄猫 (Japanese): a male cat; a tomcat

Definitions

  1. a male cat; a tomcat

Ancestry of “雄猫”, step by step

雄猫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 雄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雄male; something or someone excellent; man, male
2Middle Chinese雄—

via Japanese 猫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese猫a cat
2Old Japaneseねこ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 雄 →Every word from Japanese 雄 →