Where does “力車” come from?
力車 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人力車, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə.
力車 (Japanese): a rickshaw
Ancestry of “力車”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 人力車 | a rickshaw |
| 2 | Japanese | 人 | a person, human; an individual; mankind, people |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *pitə | — |