Where does “pachinko” come from?
pachinko (Dutch) comes from English pachinko, from Japanese パチンコ, from Japanese 子, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.
pachinko (Dutch): pachinko
Ancestry of “pachinko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pachinko | A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to... |
| 2 | Japanese | パチンコ | a form of vertical pinball used for gambling,... |
| 3 | Japanese | 子 | a child; a girl, especially a dear or desired... |
| 4 | Japanese | 鼠 | a mouse or a rat; general term for members of... |
| 5 | Japanese | nezumi | — |