Where does “meänkieli” come from?

meänkieli (English) comes from Meänkieli meänkieli, from Meänkieli kieli, from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.

meänkieli (English): A language spoken by some 40,000–70,000 people mainly in Northern Sweden. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Swedish

Definitions

  1. A language spoken by some 40,000–70,000 people mainly in Northern Sweden. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Swedish

Ancestry of “meänkieli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MeänkielimeänkieliMeänkieli Finnic language spoken in northern Sweden
2Meänkielikielilanguage
3Finnishkielitongue; language; string
4Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
5Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →Every word from Finnish kieli →