Where does “鹿猪” come from?
鹿猪 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 猪, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.
鹿猪 (Japanese): babirusa
Ancestry of “鹿猪”, step by step
鹿猪 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 猪
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 猪 | a wild boar, "Sus scrofa"; a pig or wild boar;... |
| 2 | Japanese | の | genitive case marker; nominative case marker in a... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | の | plain, field |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 能 | talent, ability |
via Japanese 鹿
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 鹿 | deer; deer meat: venison; a beast |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 鹿 | — |