Where does “ビキニ” come from?

ビキニ (Japanese) comes from English Bikini, from French Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.

ビキニ (Japanese): a bikini

Definitions

  1. a bikini

Ancestry of “ビキニ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBikiniBikini atoll
2FrenchBikiniBikini atoll
3GermanBikiniA bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...
4MarshallesePikinni—
5Marshallesepika plane surface; a layer; a stratum
6Marshallesepikpik—

Words derived from “ビキニ”

Every word from Marshallese pikpik →Every word from Marshallese pik →Every word from Marshallese Pikinni →