Where does “チャリンコ” come from?

チャリンコ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 子, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.

チャリンコ (Japanese): a bicycle; a child pickpocket

Definitions

  1. a bicycle; a child pickpocket

Ancestry of “チャリンコ”, step by step

チャリンコ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea child; a girl, especially a dear or desired...
2Japanesea mouse or a rat; general term for members of...
3Japanesenezumi

via Japanese チャリン

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseチャリン
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