Where does “iakiu” come from?

iakiu (Marshallese) comes from Japanese 野球, from Japanese 野, from Middle Chinese 野.

iakiu (Marshallese): baseball (sport)

Definitions

  1. baseball (sport)

Ancestry of “iakiu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese野球baseball; a baseball
2Japanese野an area, field; the hidden part of a structure;...
3Middle Chinese野—

Words derived from “iakiu”

Every word from Middle Chinese 野 →Every word from Japanese 野 →Every word from Japanese 野球 →