Where does “乗り物” come from?
乗り物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.
乗り物 (Japanese): vehicle conveyance
Ancestry of “乗り物”, step by step
乗り物 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 物
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 物 | thing; story, genre |
| 2 | Japanese | 物言い | a way of speaking, wording |
| 3 | Japanese | 物言う | to talk |
via Japanese 乗り
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 乗り | (act of) riding |
| 2 | Japanese | 乗る | to get on/ride (a bus, a train, a bicycle); to get in (a car); to mount (a horse) |