Where does “나무위키” come from?

나무위키 (Korean) comes from Korean 위키, from English wiki, from English WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki, from Hawaiian wiki, from Proto-Polynesian witi.

나무위키 (Korean): Namuwiki

Definitions

  1. Namuwiki

Ancestry of “나무위키”, step by step

나무위키 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 위키

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean위키wiki
2EnglishwikiA collaborative website which can be directly...
3EnglishWikiWikiWeb—
4Hawaiianwikiwikispeedy
5Hawaiianwikihasten, speed up; be swift, speedy, quick
6Proto-Polynesianwiti—

via Korean 나무

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean나무tree; wood
2Proto-Koreannamoktree; wood
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianñamukmosquito
Every word from Proto-Polynesian witi →