Where does “juhtinahka” come from?

juhtinahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish juhti, from Russian ю́фть, from Persian جفت, from Pahlavi ywht, from Proto-Iranian yuxtáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian yuktás, from Proto-Indo-European yugtós, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.

juhtinahka (Finnish): Russia leather, yuft

Definitions

  1. Russia leather, yuft

Ancestry of “juhtinahka”, step by step

juhtinahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juhti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuhti—
2Russianю́фтьyuft, Russia leather
3Persianجفتpair; couple; mate
4Pahlaviywht—
5Proto-Iranianyuxtáh—
6Proto-Indo-Iranianyuktás—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyugtósyoked, joined
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

via Finnish nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yewg- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yugtós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian yuktás →