Where does “鵲雁” come from?

鵲雁 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雁, from Middle Chinese 雁.

鵲雁 (Japanese): a magpie-goose, "Anseranas semipalmata"

Definitions

  1. a magpie-goose, "Anseranas semipalmata"

Ancestry of “鵲雁”, step by step

鵲雁 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 雁

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雁wild goose; cry of a wild goose
2Middle Chinese雁—

via Japanese 鵲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鵲the Eurasian magpie, "Pica pica"
2Middle Chineseしやく'—
Every word from Middle Chinese 雁 →Every word from Japanese 雁 →
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