Where does “go-kivi” come from?

go-kivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish go, from Japanese 碁, from Chinese 圍棋 — go.

go-kivi (Finnish): go stone

Definitions

  1. go stone

Ancestry of “go-kivi”, step by step

go-kivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish go

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgogo game
2Japanese碁go
3Chinese圍棋go

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Chinese 圍棋 →Every word from Japanese 碁 →Every word from Finnish go →
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