Where does “鳴白鳥” come from?

鳴白鳥 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 白鳥, from Japanese 白, from Middle Chinese 白.

鳴白鳥 (Japanese): a trumpeter swan

Definitions

  1. a trumpeter swan

Ancestry of “鳴白鳥”, step by step

鳴白鳥 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 白鳥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白鳥a swan; a white-feathered bird
2Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
3Middle Chinese白—

via Japanese 鳴き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鳴き—
Every word from Middle Chinese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白鳥 →