Where does “liejukana” come from?
liejukana (Finnish) comes from Finnish kana, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
liejukana (Finnish): common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
Definitions
- common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
Ancestry of “liejukana”, step by step
liejukana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kana | chicken; hen; gallinaceous |
| 2 | Japanese | 仮名 | a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a... |
| 3 | Japanese | 名 | name; reputation; famous, great, noted |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 名 | name |
via Finnish lieju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lieju | mud, mire; gyttja |