Where does “sampan” come from?
sampan (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English sampan, from Japanese 三板, from Chinese 舢板 — sampan.
sampan (Norwegian Bokmål): a sampan
Ancestry of “sampan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sampan | A flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by... |
| 2 | Japanese | 三板 | sampan |
| 3 | Chinese | 舢板 | sampan |