Where does “kanadannäätä” come from?

kanadannäätä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kanada, from English cañada, from Spanish cañada, from Spanish -ada, from Spanish -ado, from Old Spanish -ado, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

kanadannäätä (Finnish): fisher

Definitions

  1. fisher

Ancestry of “kanadannäätä”, step by step

kanadannäätä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kanada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKanadaof Canada
2EnglishcañadaA small canyon; a narrow valley or glen
3Spanishcañadaglen, gully, ravine
4Spanish-adaUsed with a stem to form the feminine singular...
5Spanish-adoSuffix indicating the masculine singular past...
6Old Spanish-adoforms the masculine singular past participle of regular
7Latin-ātused
8Proto-Italic-ātos
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Finnish näätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäätäpine marten; marten
2Proto-Slavicgnědъbrown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Spanish -ada