Where does “szúdoku” come from?

szúdoku (Hungarian) comes from Japanese 数独, from Japanese に, from Old Japanese に.

szúdoku (Hungarian): sudoku a logic-based number-placement puzzle involving filling a 9x9 grid with digits from 1 to 9

Definitions

  1. sudoku a logic-based number-placement puzzle involving filling a 9x9 grid with digits from 1 to 9

Ancestry of “szúdoku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese数独sudoku
2Japaneseにparticle for indirect objects; to; particle for...
3Old Japaneseに—
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