Where does “青鶏” come from?

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

青鶏 (Japanese): a western swamphen

Definitions

  1. a western swamphen

Ancestry of “青鶏”, step by step

青鶏 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 青

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese青blue
2Middle Chinese青—
Every word from Old Japanese にわ →Every word from Japanese 庭 →Every word from Japanese 鶏 →