Where does “突きん棒” come from?

突きん棒 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ん, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

突きん棒 (Japanese): harpoon used for catching fish like marlin or tuna

Definitions

  1. harpoon used for catching fish like marlin or tuna

Ancestry of “突きん棒”, step by step

突きん棒 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ん

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseんnegative form of verbs; volitional form of verbs;...
2Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
3Old Japaneseのplain, field
4Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese 棒

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese棒a staff, measuring 6 尺 (about 1.8 meters), used in martial arts such as 棒術
2Middle Chinese棒staff, club

via Japanese 突き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese突きpoking; stabbing; a stab, especially one at the...
2Japanese突くpoke, push, jab, prod, ram; to poke; to peck at
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →