The story
- Malay · borrowed fromsampan
- Hokkien · derived from舢板
- Cantonese · derived from三板
- Sinitic · derived from
- English todaysampan
From Sinitic, likely Cantonese 三板 (saam¹ baan²) or Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán). In Singapore and Malaysian English, by way of, or reinforced by Malay sampan.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.