Where does “kanamaisuus” come from?
kanamaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanamainen, from Finnish kana, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
kanamaisuus (Finnish): the quality or property of being chickenlike
Definitions
- the quality or property of being chickenlike
Ancestry of “kanamaisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanamainen | chickenlike |
| 2 | Finnish | kana | chicken; hen; gallinaceous |
| 3 | Japanese | 仮名 | a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a... |
| 4 | Japanese | 名 | name; reputation; famous, great, noted |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 名 | name |