Where does “野馬” come from?

野馬 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 馬, from Middle Chinese 馬.

野馬 (Japanese): a wild horse

Definitions

  1. a wild horse

Ancestry of “野馬”, step by step

野馬 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 馬

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese馬a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a...
2Middle Chinese馬—

via Japanese 野

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese野an area, field; the hidden part of a structure;...
2Middle Chinese野—

Words derived from “野馬”

Every word from Middle Chinese 馬 →Every word from Japanese 馬 →