Where does “kiinanherhiläinen” come from?

kiinanherhiläinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kiina, from Swedish Kina, from Chinese 秦.

kiinanherhiläinen (Finnish): Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia largest species of hornet in the world

Definitions

  1. Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia largest species of hornet in the world

Ancestry of “kiinanherhiläinen”, step by step

kiinanherhiläinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kiina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKiinaChina; of China; Chinese
2SwedishKinaChina
3Chinese秦—

via Finnish herhiläinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishherhiläinenhornet
Every word from Chinese 秦 →Every word from Swedish Kina →Every word from Finnish Kiina →