Where does “bantukieli” come from?

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

bantukieli (Finnish): Bantu language any of the hundreds of related languages of Bantu family spoken in central and southern Africa

Definitions

  1. Bantu language any of the hundreds of related languages of Bantu family spoken in central and southern Africa

Ancestry of “bantukieli”, step by step

bantukieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

via Finnish bantu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishbantuBantu
2EnglishbantuA member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language
3Proto-Bantubàntʊ̀plural of *mʊ̀ntʊ̀; people
Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →Every word from Finnish kieli →