Where does “bikinilinje” come from?

bikinilinje (Swedish) comes from Swedish bikini, from French Bikini, from English Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.

bikinilinje (Swedish): bikini line

Definitions

  1. bikini line

Ancestry of “bikinilinje”, step by step

bikinilinje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bikini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbikinibikini
2FrenchBikiniBikini atoll
3EnglishBikiniBikini atoll
4GermanBikiniA bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...
5MarshallesePikinni—
6Marshallesepika plane surface; a layer; a stratum
7Marshallesepikpik—

via Swedish linje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlinjeline; line; a bus line; line; a telephone or...
2Old Swedishlinia—
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Marshallese pikpik →