Where does “kaanaankieli” come from?

kaanaankieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kaanaa, from Finnish Kanaan, from Latin Chanaān, from Ancient Greek χαναάν, from Ancient Greek Χνᾶ, from Hebrew כְּנַעַן — Slavic lands.

kaanaankieli (Finnish): religious or biblical language, especially the language used by conservative Laestadians

Definitions

  1. religious or biblical language, especially the language used by conservative Laestadians

Ancestry of “kaanaankieli”, step by step

kaanaankieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kaanaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKaanaaCanaan ancient region
2FinnishKanaanCanaan biblical character
3LatinChanaānCanaan
4Ancient Greekχαναάν
5Ancient GreekΧνᾶAbbreviation of Χαναάν
6HebrewכְּנַעַןSlavic lands

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Hebrew כְּנַעַןEvery word from Ancient Greek ΧνᾶEvery word from Ancient Greek χαναάν