Where does “Okinawan” come from?

Okinawan derives from English Okinawa, from Japanese 沖縄, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Latin -us, from Proto-Italic -os.

Okinawan (English): From Okinawa; Of Okinawan descent; A person from...

Definitions

  1. From Okinawa; Of Okinawan descent; A person from...

Ancestry of “Okinawan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOkinawaThe Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945
2Japanese沖縄a rope used to catch fish
3Old Japaneseおきなわ—

Words derived from “Okinawan”

Every word from Old Japanese おきなわ →Every word from Japanese 沖縄 →Every word from English Okinawa →