Where does “riksza” come from?

riksza (Polish) comes from English rickshaw, from Japanese 力車, from Japanese 人力車, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

riksza (Polish): rickshaw

Definitions

  1. rickshaw

Ancestry of “riksza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrickshawA two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person;...
2Japanese力車a rickshaw
3Japanese人力車a rickshaw
4Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
5Proto-Japonic*pitəone
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