Where does “Sakai” come from?

Sakai (English) comes from Japanese 堺, from Japanese 境, from Middle Chinese 境.

Sakai (English): A member of a certain people of Malaya

Definitions

  1. A member of a certain people of Malaya

Ancestry of “Sakai”, step by step

Sakai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 堺

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese堺—
2Japanese境region, environment; mental state; something that...
3Middle Chinese境—

via Malay Sakai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaySakaian Orang Asli person
Every word from Middle Chinese 境 →Every word from Japanese 境 →Every word from Japanese 堺 →