Where does “venäläisnainen” come from?

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

venäläisnainen (Finnish): Russian woman

Definitions

  1. Russian woman

Ancestry of “venäläisnainen”, step by step

venäläisnainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Venäläinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVenäläinenRussian
2Finnishvenavein
3FinnishvenäjäRussian
4FinnishvenätA Russian

via Finnish nainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
2Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife
Every word from Finnish venät →Every word from Finnish venäjä →Every word from Finnish vena →