Where does “vaaleakanahaukka” come from?
vaaleakanahaukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanahaukka, from Finnish kana, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
vaaleakanahaukka (Finnish): grey goshawk, Accipiter novaehollandiae
Definitions
- grey goshawk, Accipiter novaehollandiae
Ancestry of “vaaleakanahaukka”, step by step
vaaleakanahaukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kanahaukka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanahaukka | goshawk (Astur gentilis) |
| 2 | Finnish | kana | chicken; hen; gallinaceous |
| 3 | Japanese | 仮名 | a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a... |
| 4 | Japanese | 名 | name; reputation; famous, great, noted |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 名 | name |