Where does “hylkeennahka” come from?
hylkeennahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nahka, from Proto-Finnic nahka, from Proto-Germanic naskiz — skin.
hylkeennahka (Finnish): sealskin
Ancestry of “hylkeennahka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | nahka | leather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nahka | skin; leather |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | naskiz | skin |