Where does “kärpännahkakaulus” come from?
kärpännahkakaulus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaulus, from Finnish kaula, from Proto-Finnic kakla, from Proto-Indo-European kʷékʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
kärpännahkakaulus (Finnish): ermine collar collar made of ermine fur
Definitions
- ermine collar collar made of ermine fur
Ancestry of “kärpännahkakaulus”, step by step
kärpännahkakaulus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaulus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaulus | collar; pronotum |
| 2 | Finnish | kaula | neck; distance between a frontrunner and the... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kakla | neck |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷlos | wheel; circle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Finnish kärpännahka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kärpännahka | The fur of an ermine, "Mustela erminea", usually... |
| 2 | Finnish | nahka | leather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | nahka | skin; leather |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | naskiz | skin |