The story
- Japanese · borrowed from鹿“deer”
- English todaysika
From Japanese 鹿 (shika, “deer”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sika
Today it means: Cervus nippon, a deer found in the forests of East Asia Full definition →
Japanese 鹿
Today it means: Cervus nippon, a deer found in the forests of East Asia Full definition →
From Japanese 鹿 (shika, “deer”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.