Where does “Hokkaido” come from?
Hokkaido (English) comes from Japanese 北海道, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.
Ancestry of “Hokkaido”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 北海道 | North Sea Circuit |
| 2 | Latin | -dō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 4 | Sicilian | di | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē | — |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |