Where does “宇宙船” come from?

宇宙船 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 船, from Old Japanese ふね, from Proto-Japonic punay — boat.

宇宙船 (Japanese): a spaceship

Definitions

  1. a spaceship

Ancestry of “宇宙船”, step by step

宇宙船 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 船

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese船ship, vessel, larger ship
2Old Japaneseふね—
3Proto-Japonicpunayboat

via Japanese 宇宙

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese宇宙the universe; outer space
Every word from Proto-Japonic punay →Every word from Old Japanese ふね →Every word from Japanese 船 →