The story
- Old Chinese · derived from力士“man of great strength”
- Middle Chinese · derived from力士
- English todayrikishi
From Japanese 力士(りきし) (rikishi), from Middle Chinese 力士 (lik-dʐí), from Old Chinese 力士 (*k.rək m-s-rəʔ, “man of great strength”), from 力 (*rɯɡ, “strength”) + 士 (*zrɯʔ, “man; soldier”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.