Where does “ノアの方舟” come from?

ノアの方舟 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 方舟, from Japanese 船, from Old Japanese ふね, from Proto-Japonic punay — boat.

ノアの方舟 (Japanese): Noah's Ark

Definitions

  1. Noah's Ark

Ancestry of “ノアの方舟”, step by step

ノアの方舟 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 方舟

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese方舟a rectangular/cuboid/boxy watercraft
2Japanese船ship, vessel, larger ship
3Old Japaneseふね—
4Proto-Japonicpunayboat

via Japanese の

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
2Old Japaneseのplain, field
3Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese ノア

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseノアNoah biblical character
Every word from Proto-Japonic punay →Every word from Old Japanese ふね →Every word from Japanese 船 →