Where does “遊覧船” come from?

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

遊覧船 (Japanese): sightseeing boat; tour boat; pleasure boat (ship)

Definitions

  1. sightseeing boat; tour boat; pleasure boat (ship)

Ancestry of “遊覧船”, step by step

遊覧船 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 遊覧

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese遊覧sightseeing
Every word from Proto-Japonic punay →Every word from Old Japanese ふね →Every word from Japanese 船 →
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