Where does “ri-Taiwan” come from?

ri-Taiwan (Marshallese) comes from Marshallese Taiwan, from English Taiwan, from Chinese Mandarin 臺灣, from Hokkien 臺灣.

ri-Taiwan (Marshallese): a Taiwanese person

Definitions

  1. a Taiwanese person

Ancestry of “ri-Taiwan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MarshalleseTaiwan—
2EnglishTaiwan2169 Taiwan, a main belt asteroid
3Chinese Mandarin臺灣—
4Hokkien臺灣—
Every word from Hokkien 臺灣 →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 臺灣 →Every word from English Taiwan →