Where does “Kettukangas” come from?
Kettukangas (Finnish) comes from Finnish kettu, from Finnish kettää, from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.
Ancestry of “Kettukangas”, step by step
Kettukangas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kettu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kettu | red fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu |
| 2 | Finnish | kettää | — |
| 3 | Finnish | kesi | The thin outer layer of skin; Third-person... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keci | outer skin |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | keδ́e | — |
via Finnish kangas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kangas | cloth, fabric or textile; material; A soil type:... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kangas | cloth, fabric |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |