Where does “ricksha” come from?

ricksha (English) comes from English jinriksha, from Japanese 人力車, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

ricksha (English): Alternative form of rickshaw

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of rickshaw

Ancestry of “ricksha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjinrikshaSynonym of rickshaw
2Japanese人力車a rickshaw
3Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
4Proto-Japonic*pitəone

Words derived from “ricksha”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 人力車 →
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