Where does “japaninkurki” come from?

japaninkurki (Finnish) comes from Finnish japani, from German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

japaninkurki (Finnish): red-crowned crane or Japanese grane

Definitions

  1. red-crowned crane or Japanese grane

Ancestry of “japaninkurki”, step by step

japaninkurki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish japani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjapaniJapanese language
2GermanJapan—
3DutchJapan—
4MalayJepangJapanese
5Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
6Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

via Finnish kurki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkicrane, "Grus grus"; Any bird of the family...
2Proto-Finnickurkicrane
3Proto-Uralickurkecrane
Every word from Middle Chinese 日本 →Every word from Hokkien 日本 →Every word from Malay Jepang →