Where does “Skidrokyo” come from?

Skidrokyo (English) comes from English Little Tokyo, from English little, from Middle English litel, from Old English lȳtel, from Proto-West Germanic lūtil, from Proto-Germanic lūtilaz, from Proto-Germanic burgz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ-.

Skidrokyo (English): An area of downtown Los Angeles between Skid Row and Little Tokyo

Definitions

  1. An area of downtown Los Angeles between Skid Row and Little Tokyo

Ancestry of “Skidrokyo”, step by step

Skidrokyo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Little Tokyo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLittle TokyoA neighborhood or a community that is predominantly Japanese
2EnglishlittleSmall in size; Insignificant, trivial; Very young
3Middle Englishlitellittle
4Old Englishlȳtellittle
5Proto-West Germaniclūtilbent; tending to stoop; crouching
6Proto-Germaniclūtilazbent; tending to stoop; crouching; little
7Proto-Germanicburgzfortification, stronghold; city
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥ǵʰ-—

via English skid row

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishskid rowAn especially dilapidated section of a city,...
2Englishskid roadA rough cleared right of way with logs embedded...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥ǵʰ- →