Where does “bikinivartalo” come from?

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

bikinivartalo (Finnish): bikini body body that looks good in bikini

Definitions

  1. bikini body body that looks good in bikini

Ancestry of “bikinivartalo”, step by step

bikinivartalo 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 vartalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartalobody, torso; stem; style
2Finnishvarsistalk; handle or haft of some tools; chiefly a...
3Proto-Finnicvarcistalk of a plant
4Proto-Finno-Permicwarte—
Every word from Marshallese pikpik →