Where does “helsingiläine” come from?

helsingiläine (Karelian) comes from Karelian Helsingi, from Finnish Helsinki, from Swedish Helsingfors — Helsinki.

Ancestry of “helsingiläine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KarelianHelsingi—
2FinnishHelsinki—
3SwedishHelsingforsHelsinki
Every word from Swedish Helsingfors →Every word from Finnish Helsinki →Every word from Karelian Helsingi →