Where does “kroatiankielinen” come from?

kroatiankielinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kroatia, from Latin Croatia, from Ancient Greek Χρωβατία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

kroatiankielinen (Finnish): Croatian

Definitions

  1. Croatian

Ancestry of “kroatiankielinen”, step by step

kroatiankielinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kroatia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkroatiaThe Croatian language
2LatinCroatiaCroatia
3Ancient GreekΧρωβατία—
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Finnish kielinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielinenbeing of a language; used mainly as head word in...
2Finnishkielitongue; language; string
3Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
4Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Χρωβατία →