Where does “はんぷくよことび” come from?

はんぷくよことび (Japanese) comes from Japanese 横, from Middle Chinese 橫.

はんぷくよことび (Japanese): an exercise where one jumps side to side above three bars laid on the ground 1 metre apart successively

Definitions

  1. an exercise where one jumps side to side above three bars laid on the ground 1 metre apart successively

Ancestry of “はんぷくよことび”, step by step

はんぷくよことび traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 横

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese横side
2Middle Chinese橫—

via Japanese 跳ぶ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese跳ぶjump
Every word from Middle Chinese 橫 →Every word from Japanese 横 →