Where does “kinboshi” come from?

kinboshi (English) comes from Japanese 金星, from Japanese 金, from Middle Chinese 金.

kinboshi (English): An honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank...

Definitions

  1. An honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank...

Ancestry of “kinboshi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese金星a win by a "rikishi" of the lower "maegashira"...
2Japanese金metal; money; firmness, strength
3Middle Chinese金—
Every word from Middle Chinese 金 →Every word from Japanese 金 →Every word from Japanese 金星 →