Where does “રિક્ષા” come from?

રિક્ષા (Gujarati) comes from English rickshaw, from Japanese 力車, from Japanese 人力車, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

રિક્ષા (Gujarati): rickshaw

Definitions

  1. rickshaw

Ancestry of “રિક્ષા”, step by step

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