Where does “船” come from?

船 (Yaeyama) comes from Proto-Ryukyuan *pune, from Proto-Japonic punay — boat.

船 (Yaeyama): boat

Definitions

  1. boat

Ancestry of “船”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ryukyuan*puneboat
2Proto-Japonicpunayboat
Every word from Proto-Japonic punay →Every word from Proto-Ryukyuan *pune →
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