Where does “鶏舎” come from?

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

鶏舎 (Japanese): poultry house

Definitions

  1. poultry house

Ancestry of “鶏舎”, step by step

鶏舎 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 舎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese舎inn; hut; house; mansion
Every word from Old Japanese にわ →Every word from Japanese 庭 →Every word from Japanese 鶏 →