Where does “sudoku” come from?
sudoku (Finnish) comes from Japanese 数独, from Japanese に, from Old Japanese に.
sudoku (Finnish): sudoku
Ancestry of “sudoku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 数独 | sudoku |
| 2 | Japanese | に | particle for indirect objects; to; particle for... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | に | — |