Where does “hikinauha” come from?

hikinauha (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiki, from Proto-Finnic hiki — sweat, perspiration.

hikinauha (Finnish): sweatband; headband

Definitions

  1. sweatband; headband

Ancestry of “hikinauha”, step by step

hikinauha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhikisweat, perspiration
2Proto-Finnichikisweat, perspiration

via Finnish nauha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
2Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band
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