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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesebox
Every word from Japanese 跳ぶ