Where does “bikinihousut” come from?

bikinihousut (Finnish) comes from Finnish bikinit, from French Bikini, from English Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.

bikinihousut (Finnish): bikini bottom bottom half of a bikini swimsuit

Definitions

  1. bikini bottom bottom half of a bikini swimsuit

Ancestry of “bikinihousut”, step by step

bikinihousut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish bikinit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbikinitbikini
2FrenchBikiniBikini atoll
3EnglishBikiniBikini atoll
4GermanBikiniA bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...
5MarshallesePikinni—
6Marshallesepika plane surface; a layer; a stratum
7Marshallesepikpik—

via Finnish housut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhousuttrousers, pants
2Old Swedishhosalegging, leg covering, hose
3Old Norsehosatrousers, stocking
4Proto-GermanichusǭAn outer covering; hull; shell; husk; case;...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Marshallese pikpik →