Where does “Tokio” come from?

Tokio (Finnish) comes from Japanese 東京, from Vietnamese Đông Kinh, from Middle Chinese 東 — east.

Tokio (Finnish): Tokyo

Definitions

  1. Tokyo

Ancestry of “Tokio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese東京an eastern capital
2VietnameseĐông Kinha rural commune in Thái Bình, Vietnam
3Middle Chinese東east

Words derived from “Tokio”

Every word from Middle Chinese 東 →Every word from Vietnamese Đông Kinh →Every word from Japanese 東京 →