Where does “रिक्शावाला” come from?

रिक्शावाला (Hindi) comes from Hindi रिक्शा, from Japanese 力車, from Japanese 人力車, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

रिक्शावाला (Hindi): rickshaw driver; autorickshaw driver

Definitions

  1. rickshaw driver; autorickshaw driver

Ancestry of “रिक्शावाला”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiरिक्शाrickshaw two-wheeled carriage
2Japanese力車a rickshaw
3Japanese人力車a rickshaw
4Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
5Proto-Japonic*pitəone
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 人力車 →