Mienshao (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

No reliable source for the onomatopoeia claim. Looked at dictionaries and searched through the web, couldn't find a thing.
(No reliable source for the onomatopoeia claim. Looked at dictionaries and searched through the web, couldn't find a thing.)
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====Name origin====
====Name origin====
Mienshao may be a combination of ''{{wp|stoat|ermine}}'' and ''{{wp|Shaolin Kung Fu|Shaolin}}''. ''Shao'' may also derive from シャオ ''shao'' (onomatopoeia of a weasel, the genus ermines are in).
Mienshao may be a combination of ''{{wp|stoat|ermine}}'' and ''{{wp|Shaolin Kung Fu|Shaolin}}''.


Kojondo may be a combination of オコジョ ''okojo'' (ermine) and 道 ''dō'' (teachings, path), commonly used in the name of many east Asian martial arts names (e.g. {{wp|judo}}, {{wp|aikido}}, {{wp|hapkido}}, {{wp|taekwondo}}, {{wp|kendo}}, {{wp|Jeet Kune Do}}, etc.)
Kojondo may be a combination of オコジョ ''okojo'' (ermine) and 道 ''dō'' (teachings, path), commonly used in the name of many east Asian martial arts(e.g. {{wp|judo}}, {{wp|aikido}}, {{wp|hapkido}}, {{wp|taekwondo}}, {{wp|kendo}}, {{wp|Jeet Kune Do}}, etc.)


==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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