Where does “bikinit” come from?

bikinit (Volapük) comes from French Bikini, from English Bikini, from German Bikini, from Marshallese Pikinni, from Marshallese pik, from Marshallese pikpik.

bikinit (Volapük): bikini

Definitions

  1. bikini

Ancestry of “bikinit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchBikiniBikini atoll
2EnglishBikiniBikini atoll
3GermanBikiniA bikini, scanty two-piece bathing suit, named...
4MarshallesePikinni—
5Marshallesepika plane surface; a layer; a stratum
6Marshallesepikpik—
Every word from Marshallese pikpik →