Where does “jouhikantele” come from?

jouhikantele (Finnish) comes from Finnish jouhi, from Proto-Finnic jouhi — horsehair.

Ancestry of “jouhikantele”, step by step

jouhikantele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jouhi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjouhihair, horsehair
2Proto-Finnicjouhihorsehair

via Finnish kantele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantelekantele; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Baltickantla—
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