Where does “風船” come from?

風船 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 風, from Old Japanese かぜ, from Proto-Japonic kansay — wind.

風船 (Japanese): balloon

Definitions

  1. balloon

Ancestry of “風船”, step by step

風船 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 風

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese風wind; airs; a style
2Old Japaneseかぜ—
3Proto-Japonickansaywind

via Japanese 船

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese船ship, vessel, larger ship
2Old Japaneseふね—
3Proto-Japonicpunayboat

Words derived from “風船”

Every word from Proto-Japonic kansay →Every word from Old Japanese かぜ →Every word from Japanese 風 →
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