Where does “kanansiipi” come from?
kanansiipi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kana, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
kanansiipi (Finnish): A chicken wing
Definitions
- A chicken wing
Ancestry of “kanansiipi”, step by step
kanansiipi 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 siipi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siipi | wing; sail; blade or a paddle of a water wheel or... |