Where does “kanamainen” come from?
kanamainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kana, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
kanamainen (Finnish): chickenlike
Ancestry of “kanamainen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |