Where does “pekinginihminen” come from?

pekinginihminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Peking, from Chinese Mandarin 北京, from Chinese Mandarin 京, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ — hill, ridge, mountain.

pekinginihminen (Finnish): Peking Man, "Homo erectus pekinensis"

Definitions

  1. Peking Man, "Homo erectus pekinensis"

Ancestry of “pekinginihminen”, step by step

pekinginihminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Peking

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPeking—
2Chinese Mandarin北京—
3Chinese Mandarin京—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetans-gaŋhill, ridge, mountain

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 京 →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 北京 →