Where does “kaanaankoira” come from?

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

kaanaankoira (Finnish): Canaan Dog

Definitions

  1. Canaan Dog

Ancestry of “kaanaankoira”, step by step

kaanaankoira 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 koira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoiradog; dog paddle; military police
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Hebrew כְּנַעַןEvery word from Ancient Greek ΧνᾶEvery word from Ancient Greek χαναάν
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