Etymograph

English

Kitinen

Kitinen comes from Finnish Kitinen.

  1. FinnishmodernKitinen
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1908same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. FinnishmodernKitinen
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1908same form

Earliest quotation: 1908, William Johnson Sollas and Hertha B.C. S, Eduard Suess (author): “Sederholm, who visited the district south of lake Enare…”

first attested First attested in 1908, from Finnish Kitinen; no further etymology for the name is known (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1908, from Finnish Kitinen; no further etymology for the name is known.

Today it means

name A major tributary of the river Kemi, Finland’s longest river.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Finnish Kitinen / Kitinen