Where does “kiinannenäapina” come from?

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

kiinannenäapina (Finnish): gray snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus brelichi

Definitions

  1. gray snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus brelichi

Ancestry of “kiinannenäapina”, step by step

kiinannenäapina traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kiina

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

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

via Finnish apina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapinamonkey; ape
2Old Swedishapina—
Every word from Chinese 秦 →Every word from Swedish Kina →Every word from Finnish Kiina →