Where does “vinkuintiaani” come from?
vinkuintiaani (Finnish) comes from Finnish intiaani, from Swedish indian, from Spanish indiano — Indian; having returned to Europe from the...
vinkuintiaani (Finnish): Ruritanian
Ancestry of “vinkuintiaani”, step by step
vinkuintiaani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish intiaani
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | intiaani | Native American, Amerindian, Indian |
| 2 | Swedish | indian | Indian, American Indian member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas |
| 3 | Spanish | indiano | Indian; having returned to Europe from the... |
via Finnish vinkua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vinkua | to squeal, squeak; to whine |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vinkudak | to squeal, to squeak, to whine |