Where does “hikari” come from?
hikari (Finnish) comes from Finnish hikipinko, from Finnish pinko, from Finnish pingottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
hikari (Finnish): swot, nerd
Definitions
- swot, nerd
Ancestry of “hikari”, step by step
hikari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hikipinko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hikipinko | swot |
| 2 | Finnish | pinko | swot |
| 3 | Finnish | pingottaa | to stretch, tension; to study hard |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Japanese ひかり
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ひかり | — |