Where does “Uusi-Kaledonia” come from?

Uusi-Kaledonia (Finnish) comes from Finnish uusi, from Proto-Finnic uuci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric wuďe — new.

Ancestry of “Uusi-Kaledonia”, step by step

Uusi-Kaledonia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuusinew; Third person singular indicative past form...
2Proto-Finnicuucinew
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwuďenew

via Finnish Kaledonia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKaledoniaCaledonia Scotland
2LatinCaledonia—
3LatinCalēdonēs—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric wuďe →Every word from Proto-Finnic uuci →Every word from Finnish uusi →