Where does “kainalokarva” come from?

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

kainalokarva (Finnish): axillary hair, underarm hair, armpit hair; In...

Definitions

  1. axillary hair, underarm hair, armpit hair; In...

Ancestry of “kainalokarva”, step by step

kainalokarva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

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

via Finnish kainalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkainaloarmpit
2Proto-Finnickainaloarmpit
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →
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