Where does “boerkini” come from?

boerkini (Dutch) comes from Dutch bikini, from French Bikini, from English Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.

boerkini (Dutch): burqini

Definitions

  1. burqini

Ancestry of “boerkini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbikinibikini
2FrenchBikiniBikini atoll
3EnglishBikiniBikini atoll
4GermanBikiniA bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...
5MarshallesePikinni—
6Marshallesepika plane surface; a layer; a stratum
7Marshallesepikpik—
Every word from Marshallese pikpik →