Where does “ihokarva” come from?

ihokarva (Finnish) comes from Finnish karva, from Proto-Finnic karva, from Proto-Finnic kawra.

ihokarva (Finnish): hair, body hair; pilus individual strand of body hair

Definitions

  1. hair, body hair; pilus individual strand of body hair

Ancestry of “ihokarva”, step by step

ihokarva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—

via Finnish iho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihoskin of a human being; skin of a human being or...
2Proto-Finnicihoskin; body
Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →