Where does “lontoonkielinen” come from?

lontoonkielinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lontoo, from English London, from Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, from Latin Londinium, from Proto-Celtic *Londinyom, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

lontoonkielinen (Finnish): English (language)

Definitions

  1. English (language)

Ancestry of “lontoonkielinen”, step by step

lontoonkielinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lontoo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLontoo
2EnglishLondonSituated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000
3Middle EnglishLondon
4Old EnglishLundenLondon
5LatinLondiniumLondon
6Proto-Celtic*Londinyom
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

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 lendʰ-Every word from Proto-Celtic *LondinyomEvery word from Latin Londinium
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