Where does “戦艦” come from?

戦艦 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 戦, from Middle Chinese 戰.

戦艦 (Japanese): battleship

Definitions

  1. battleship

Ancestry of “戦艦”, step by step

戦艦 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 戦

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese戦a battle, conflict, fight, war; a game, match; a...
2Middle Chinese戰—

via Japanese 艦

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese艦warship
Every word from Middle Chinese 戰 →Every word from Japanese 戦 →