Where does “飛車” come from?

飛車 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 飛, from Middle Chinese 飛.

飛車 (Japanese): a shogi piece that moves as a rook in western...

Definitions

  1. a shogi piece that moves as a rook in western...

Ancestry of “飛車”, step by step

飛車 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 飛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese飛Abbreviation of 飛車
2Middle Chinese飛—

via Japanese 車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese車a car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart; a...
2Middle Chinese車cart, vehicle
Every word from Middle Chinese 飛 →Every word from Japanese 飛 →