Where does “intiaanikesä” come from?
intiaanikesä (Finnish) comes from Finnish intiaani, from Swedish indian, from Spanish indiano — Indian; having returned to Europe from the...
intiaanikesä (Finnish): Indian summer
Ancestry of “intiaanikesä”, step by step
intiaanikesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish intiaani
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | intiaani | Native American, Amerindian, Indian |
| 2 | Swedish | indian | Indian, American Indian member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas |
| 3 | Spanish | indiano | Indian; having returned to Europe from the... |
via Finnish kesä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kesä | summer; fallow; Abbreviation of kesäkuu |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kesä | summer; fallow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ós-r | — |