Where does “騎手” come from?

騎手 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 手, from Middle Chinese 手.

騎手 (Japanese): a jockey

Definitions

  1. a jockey

Ancestry of “騎手”, step by step

騎手 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 手

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese手a hand; a handle, grip; a paw, foreleg
2Middle Chinese手—

via Japanese 騎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese騎riding on horseback
2Middle Chinese騎—
Every word from Middle Chinese 手 →Every word from Japanese 手 →