Where does “鬚鯨” come from?

鬚鯨 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鯨, from Old Japanese いさ.

鬚鯨 (Japanese): a baleen whale

Definitions

  1. a baleen whale

Ancestry of “鬚鯨”, step by step

鬚鯨 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鯨

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鯨a whale
2Old Japaneseいさ—

via Japanese 鬚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鬚mustache; beards; whiskers
Every word from Old Japanese いさ →Every word from Japanese 鯨 →