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Where does “luhtakana” come from?

luhtakana (Finnish) comes from Finnish kana, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.

luhtakana (Finnish): water rail; Any bird of the genus "Rallus"

Definitions

  1. water rail; Any bird of the genus "Rallus"

Ancestry of “luhtakana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkanachicken; hen; gallinaceous
2Japanese仮名a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a...
3Japanese名name; reputation; famous, great, noted
4Middle Chinese名name

Words derived from “luhtakana”

  • seepraluhtakana
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