Where does “船艇” come from?

船艇 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 船, from Old Japanese ふね, from Proto-Japonic punay — boat.

船艇 (Japanese): ship, boat

Definitions

  1. ship, boat

Ancestry of “船艇”, step by step

船艇 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 船

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese船ship, vessel, larger ship
2Old Japaneseふね—
3Proto-Japonicpunayboat

via Japanese 艇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese艇boat
Every word from Proto-Japonic punay →Every word from Old Japanese ふね →Every word from Japanese 船 →