Where does “hylkeennahka” come from?

hylkeennahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nahka, from Proto-Finnic nahka, from Proto-Germanic naskiz — skin.

hylkeennahka (Finnish): sealskin

Definitions

  1. sealskin

Ancestry of “hylkeennahka”, step by step

hylkeennahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin

via Finnish hylje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyljeseal; earless seal, true seal
2Proto-Finnichülgehseal
3Proto-Finnicšülkeš—
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →