Where does “keskiafrikkalainen” come from?

keskiafrikkalainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

keskiafrikkalainen (Finnish): Central African

Definitions

Central African

Ancestry of “keskiafrikkalainen”, step by step

keskiafrikkalainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lainen

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	lainen	that is like; -like
2	Finnish	laji	kind, sort; species; sport
3	Old Swedish	slagh	—
4	Middle Low German	slach	—
5	Old Saxon	slag	—
6	Proto-West Germanic	slagi	blow, strike
7	Swedish	slagg	slag metallurgical waste material
8	Low German	slagge	—
9	Middle Low German	slagge	—
10	Middle Low German	slān	to hit, strike
11	Old Saxon	slāhan	to hit
12	Proto-West Germanic	slahan	to hit, to strike; to kill
13	Proto-Germanic	slahaną	to hit, to strike; to kill
14	Proto-Indo-European	slak-	to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Finnish Keski-Afrikka

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	Keski-Afrikka	Central Africa
2	Finnish	Afrikka	Africa
3	Russian	А́фрика	—
4	Latin	Āfrica	the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica
5	Latin	āfricus	African
6	Latin	Āfri	—
7	Albanian	afër	at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
8	Proto-Albanian	apsera	at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
9	Proto-Albanian	aps	—
10	Latin	Apis	A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
11	Ancient Greek	Ἄπις	—
12	Coptic	ϩⲁⲡⲉ	the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
13	Egyptian	ḥp	the god Apis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slahan →