Where does “kotoinen” come from?

kotoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish koto, from Japanese 箏 — koto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese guzheng.

kotoinen (Finnish): domestic, homely

Definitions

  1. domestic, homely

Ancestry of “kotoinen”, step by step

kotoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotohome; koto
2Japanese箏koto: a Japanese zither derived from the Chinese guzheng

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—

Words derived from “kotoinen”

Every word from Japanese 箏 →Every word from Finnish koto →