Where does “То́кио” come from?

То́кио (Russian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Токио//Tokio, from Japanese 東京, from Vietnamese Đông Kinh, from Middle Chinese 東 — east.

Ancestry of “То́кио”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianТокио//Tokio—
2Japanese東京an eastern capital
3VietnameseĐông Kinha rural commune in Thái Bình, Vietnam
4Middle Chinese東east

Words derived from “То́кио”

Every word from Middle Chinese 東 →Every word from Vietnamese Đông Kinh →Every word from Japanese 東京 →