Where does “karatepotku” come from?
karatepotku (Finnish) comes from Finnish karate, from Japanese 空手, from Japanese 唐手, from Japanese 唐, from Japanese 伽羅, from Sanskrit कालागुरु.
karatepotku (Finnish): karate kick
Definitions
- karate kick
Ancestry of “karatepotku”, step by step
karatepotku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karate | karate |
| 2 | Japanese | 空手 | karate; the state of being empty-handed; the... |
| 3 | Japanese | 唐手 | Alternative spelling of 空手 |
| 4 | Japanese | 唐 | foreign lands in general; element in compounds,... |
| 5 | Japanese | 伽羅 | the Gaya confederacy: a grouping of smaller states on the southern end of the Korean peninsula, roughly dating to 42-532 |
| 6 | Sanskrit | कालागुरु | — |