Where does “kanalian” come from?

kanalian (Bikol Central) comes from Estonian nali, from Proto-Finnic nalja, from Proto-Finno-Permic nalja.

Ancestry of “kanalian”, step by step

kanalian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian nali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniannalijoke
2Proto-Finnicnaljajoke
3Proto-Finno-Permicnalja

via Bikol Central ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralka- -an
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic nalja