Where does “got” come from?

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

got (Finnish): nominative plural of go

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of go

Ancestry of “got”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgogo game
2Japanese碁go
3Chinese圍棋go
Every word from Chinese 圍棋 →Every word from Japanese 碁 →Every word from Finnish go →