Where does “rikša” come from?

rikša (Finnish) comes from German Rikscha, from English rickshaw, from Japanese 力車, from Japanese 人力車, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

rikša (Finnish): rickshaw

Definitions

  1. rickshaw

Ancestry of “rikša”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRikscharickshaw
2EnglishrickshawA two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person;...
3Japanese力車a rickshaw
4Japanese人力車a rickshaw
5Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
6Proto-Japonic*pitəone

Words derived from “rikša”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 人力車 →