Where does “intiaanireservaatti” come from?

intiaanireservaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish intiaani, from Swedish indian, from Spanish indiano — Indian; having returned to Europe from the...

intiaanireservaatti (Finnish): Indian reservation, Native American reservation

Definitions

  1. Indian reservation, Native American reservation

Ancestry of “intiaanireservaatti”, step by step

intiaanireservaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish intiaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishintiaaniNative American, Amerindian, Indian
2SwedishindianIndian, American Indian member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas
3SpanishindianoIndian; having returned to Europe from the...

via Finnish reservaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreservaattireservation tract of land
Every word from Spanish indianoEvery word from Swedish indianEvery word from Finnish intiaani