Where does “maltanristi” come from?

maltanristi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Malta, from Italian Malta, from Maltese Malta, from Arabic مَالِطَا, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη, from Ancient Greek μέλι, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

Ancestry of “maltanristi”, step by step

maltanristi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Malta

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	Malta	The Maltese language
2	Italian	Malta	mortar (mixture of lime or cement, sand, and water)
3	Maltese	Malta	—
4	Arabic	مَالِطَا	—
5	Latin	Melita	—
6	Ancient Greek	Μελίτη	—
7	Ancient Greek	μέλι	honey; anything sweet
8	Proto-Indo-European	mélid	honey

via Finnish Risti

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	Risti	cross
2	Finnish	-iäinen	Front vowel variant of -iainen
3	Finnish	-inen	-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4	Finnish	-uus	Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5	Proto-Finnic	-uc	-ness, -hood

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →Every word from Ancient Greek μέλι →Every word from Ancient Greek Μελίτη →