Where does “iakiuin” come from?

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

Ancestry of “iakiuin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Marshalleseiakiubaseball (sport)
2Japanese野球baseball; a baseball
3Japanese野an area, field; the hidden part of a structure;...
4Middle Chinese野—
Every word from Middle Chinese 野 →Every word from Japanese 野 →Every word from Japanese 野球 →