Where does “Koi” come from?

Koi (German) comes from Japanese 鯉, from Old Japanese こい.

Koi (German): koi domesticated varieties of the common carp

Definitions

  1. koi domesticated varieties of the common carp

Ancestry of “Koi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鯉carp, specifically, the common carp
2Old Japaneseこい—
Every word from Old Japanese こい →Every word from Japanese 鯉 →