Where does “suomenvenäläinen” come from?

suomenvenäläinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Venäläinen, from Finnish vena, from Finnish venäjä, from Finnish venät — A Russian.

suomenvenäläinen (Finnish): Russian Finn a Russian person in Finland or a Finn with (significant) Russian ancestry

Definitions

  1. Russian Finn a Russian person in Finland or a Finn with (significant) Russian ancestry

Ancestry of “suomenvenäläinen”, step by step

suomenvenäläinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Venäläinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVenäläinenRussian
2Finnishvenavein
3FinnishvenäjäRussian
4FinnishvenätA Russian

via Finnish suomi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsuomiThe Finnish language; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnicsoomiperson from Southwest Finland
Every word from Finnish venät →Every word from Finnish venäjä →Every word from Finnish vena →