Where does “竹馬の友” come from?

竹馬の友 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 竹馬, from Japanese 馬, from Middle Chinese 馬.

竹馬の友 (Japanese): a childhood friend

Definitions

  1. a childhood friend

Ancestry of “竹馬の友”, step by step

竹馬の友 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 竹馬

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese竹馬a bamboo horse; bamboo stilts; walking on bamboo...
2Japanese馬a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a...
3Middle Chinese馬—

via Japanese 友

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese友friend
Every word from Middle Chinese 馬 →Every word from Japanese 馬 →Every word from Japanese 竹馬 →