Where does “走高跳” come from?

走高跳 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 走り — run - the act of running.

走高跳 (Japanese): the high jump

Definitions

  1. the high jump

Ancestry of “走高跳”, step by step

走高跳 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 走り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese走りrun - the act of running

via Japanese 高跳び

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese高跳びhigh jump
Every word from Japanese 走り