Where does “跳び箱” come from?

跳び箱 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 跳ぶ — jump.

跳び箱 (Japanese): vaulting horse

Definitions

  1. vaulting horse

Ancestry of “跳び箱”, step by step

跳び箱 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 跳ぶ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese跳ぶjump

via Japanese 箱

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese箱box
Every word from Japanese 跳ぶ →