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Where does “kana” come from?

kana (Finnish) comes from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.

kana (Finnish): chicken; hen; gallinaceous

Definitions

  1. chicken; hen; gallinaceous

Ancestry of “kana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese仮名a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a...
2Japanese名name; reputation; famous, great, noted
3Middle Chinese名name

Words derived from “kana”

  • kana kynimättä
  • helmikana
  • kanalauma
  • aitokana
  • kanat
  • amerikannokikana
  • nokikana
  • kanalasagne
  • preeriakana
  • purppurakana
  • häkkikana
  • kanamainen
  • kanankakka
  • kanaemo
  • kanakeitto
  • kanaverkko
  • kanaparvi
  • kananlanta
  • currykana
  • kruununokikana
  • luhtakana
  • kananmuna
  • riekkokana
  • rantakana
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