The story
- Russian · derived fromкаяний
- Swedish · derived fromKajana“Kainuu”
- English todayCajania
From Swedish Kajana (“Kainuu”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij) and каянский (kajanskij) and cognate with Finnish Kainuu and Old Norse Old Norse kvenir.
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.