NikkiWiki etymology

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The simplest etymology for "NikkiWiki" is as a portmanteau for "Nikki's Wiki", with "Nikki" being a diminutive form of "Nicole" in English.  So then "NikkiWiki" is just a shortened form of "Nicole Sharp's Wiki".

The English word "wiki" derives from the Hawaiian word "wikiwiki" meaning "quick", referring the to the ability to quickly write webpages using "wiki markup" ("quick markup").

Symmetrophiles might be asking though: why "NikkiWiki" and not "NikiWiki"?  The English female name "Nikki" as a diminutive of the English female name "Nicole" derives from the English female name "Nicky" (where "-ck-" was replaced by "-kk-" and "-y" was replaced by "-i") which is another diminutive of "Nicole".  The English female name "Nicky" as a diminutive for the English female name "Nicole" then derives from the English male name "Nick" as a diminutive for the English male name "Nicholas" (where "-ch-" was replaced by "-ck-" and then elided).  Both the English female name "Nicole" and the English male name "Nicholas" derive from their French equivalents.  The French female name "Nicole" and the French male name "Nicholas" are both derived from the French male name "Nicolas" which is derived from the Latin male name "Nicolaus".  The Latin male name "Nicolaus" (Nīcolāus) is then derived from the Classical Greek male name "Νικόλαος" (Nīkólāos) which is derived from the Classical Greek female name "Νίκη" (Nī́kē) which in Modern Greek is "Νίκη" (Níki).  Thus the English female name "Niki" is a direct borrowing from the Romanization of Modern Greek (without any silent letters) whereas the English female name "Nikki" inherits its silent letter from its more convoluted usage through English and French history.  Both "Niki" and "Nikki" are alternative spellings for Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, also known as Victoria.

Should then "NikkiWiki" be translated as "victory wiki" or "quick victory" from its roots in Greek and Hawaiian?  Well, technically yes but by coincidence, the English word "Nikki" is homographic with the Japanese Romaji word "nikki" (Hiragana "にっき", Kanji "日記") meaning "diary" or "journal".  So a better translation of "NikkiWiki" is as "nikkiwiki" which means "quickjournal" (or more literally "journal to make quick") as a Japanese-Hawaiian compound word.  "NikkiWiki" can also be interpreted as "NikkiWikkiNikkiWiki" which means roughly "Nikki's quick journal wiki" in English, Japanese, and Hawaiian.