Where does “Վիքիբառարան” come from?
Վիքիբառարան (Armenian) comes from Armenian վիքի, from English wiki, from English WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki, from Hawaiian wiki, from Proto-Polynesian witi.
Վիքիբառարան (Armenian): Wiktionary
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Վիքիբառարան”, step by step
Վիքիբառարան traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Armenian վիքի
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenian | վիքի | wiki |
| 2 | English | wiki | A collaborative website which can be directly... |
| 3 | English | WikiWikiWeb | — |
| 4 | Hawaiian | wikiwiki | speedy |
| 5 | Hawaiian | wiki | hasten, speed up; be swift, speedy, quick |
| 6 | Proto-Polynesian | witi | — |
via Armenian բառարան
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenian | բառարան | dictionary |
| 2 | Armenian | բառ | word |
| 3 | Old Armenian | բառ | word; language, speech; melody, tune |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |