Where does “위키” come from?

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

위키 (Korean): wiki

Definitions

  1. wiki

Ancestry of “위키”, step by step

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

Words derived from “위키”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian witi →Every word from Hawaiian wiki →Every word from Hawaiian wikiwiki →