Where does “.wiki” come from?
.wiki (Translingual) comes from English wiki, from English WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki, from Hawaiian wiki, from Proto-Polynesian witi.
.wiki (Translingual): An Internet top-level domain intended to be used for websites which are formatted as wikis
Definitions
- An Internet top-level domain intended to be used for websites which are formatted as wikis
Ancestry of “.wiki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wiki | A collaborative website which can be directly... |
| 2 | English | WikiWikiWeb | — |
| 3 | Hawaiian | wikiwiki | speedy |
| 4 | Hawaiian | wiki | hasten, speed up; be swift, speedy, quick |
| 5 | Proto-Polynesian | witi | — |