Where does “室内遊戯” come from?

室内遊戯 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 遊戯, from Middle Chinese ゆうき.

室内遊戯 (Japanese): indoor game

Definitions

  1. indoor game

Ancestry of “室内遊戯”, step by step

室内遊戯 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 遊戯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese遊戯a game; a play; to play
2Middle Chineseゆうき—

via Japanese 室内

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese室内inside a room, indoor
Every word from Middle Chinese ゆうき →Every word from Japanese 遊戯 →