Where does “kana kynimättä” come from?
kana kynimättä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kana, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
kana kynimättä (Finnish): bone to pick
Definitions
- bone to pick
Ancestry of “kana kynimättä”, step by step
kana kynimättä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kana | chicken; hen; gallinaceous |
| 2 | Japanese | 仮名 | a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a... |
| 3 | Japanese | 名 | name; reputation; famous, great, noted |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 名 | name |
via Finnish kynimättä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kynimättä | Third active infinitive of kyniä in abessive... |