Where does “stringkini” come from?

stringkini (English) comes from English Bikini, from French Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.

Ancestry of “stringkini”, step by step

stringkini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bikini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBikiniBikini atoll
2FrenchBikiniBikini atoll
3GermanBikiniA bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...
4MarshallesePikinni
5Marshallesepika plane surface; a layer; a stratum
6Marshallesepikpik

via English string

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstringA long, thin and flexible structure made from...
2Middle Englishstring
3Old Englishstrengstring
4Proto-Germanicstrangizstring
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrengʰ-to twist; rope, cord
6Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Marshallese pikpikEvery word from Marshallese pikEvery word from Marshallese Pikinni
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