Where does “Kaakkois-Aasia” come from?

Kaakkois-Aasia (Finnish) comes from Finnish Aasia, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.

Kaakkois-Aasia (Finnish): Southeast Asiat

Definitions

Southeast Asiat

Ancestry of “Kaakkois-Aasia”, step by step

Kaakkois-Aasia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Aasia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	Aasia	of Asia; Asia; Asian
2	Latin	Āsia	A kind of rye
3	Ancient Greek	Ἀσία	Asia Minor; Asia; Asia
4	Mycenaean Greek	𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊	an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
5	Hittite	𒀸𒋗𒉿	northwest Anatolia

via Finnish kaakkoinen

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	kaakkoinen	southeastern
2	Finnish	inen	—

Words derived from “Kaakkois-Aasia”

kaakkoisaasialainen

Every word from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 →Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀσία →