Where does “tokelaunkielinen” come from?

tokelaunkielinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kielinen, from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.

tokelaunkielinen (Finnish): Tokelauan; Tokelauan-speaking

Definitions

  1. Tokelauan; Tokelauan-speaking

Ancestry of “tokelaunkielinen”, step by step

tokelaunkielinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kielinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielinenbeing of a language; used mainly as head word in...
2Finnishkielitongue; language; string
3Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
4Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

via Finnish tokelau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtokelauTokelauan
Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →Every word from Proto-Finnic keeli →Every word from Finnish kieli →