Where does “kiinanluumu” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kiinanluumu”, step by step

kiinanluumu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kiina

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

via Finnish luumu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluumuplum
2Old Swedishplumon—
Every word from Chinese 秦 →Every word from Swedish Kina →Every word from Finnish Kiina →