Where does “平泳ぎ” come from?

平泳ぎ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 泳ぎ, from Japanese 泳ぐ, from Old Japanese およぐ, from Proto-Japonic əyənku — to swim.

平泳ぎ (Japanese): breaststroke

Definitions

  1. breaststroke

Ancestry of “平泳ぎ”, step by step

平泳ぎ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 泳ぎ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese泳ぎswimming
2Japanese泳ぐto swim
3Old Japaneseおよぐ—
4Proto-Japonicəyənkuto swim

via Japanese 平

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese平something flat; flattened; something ordinary,...
2Middle Chinese平—
Every word from Proto-Japonic əyənku →Every word from Old Japanese およぐ →Every word from Japanese 泳ぐ →