Where does “kaninnahka” come from?

kaninnahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kani, from Finnish kaniini, from Swedish kanin, from Middle Low German kanīn, from Middle Dutch connijn, from Old French connin, from Latin cunīculus — a rabbit.

kaninnahka (Finnish): rabbit skin, rabbit leather

Definitions

  1. rabbit skin, rabbit leather

Ancestry of “kaninnahka”, step by step

kaninnahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkanirabbit, cony, coney; pawnshop
2FinnishkaniiniA rabbit; European rabbit, "Oryctolagus...
3Swedishkanina rabbit
4Middle Low Germankanīn—
5Middle Dutchconnijn—
6Old Frenchconnin—
7Latincunīculusa rabbit

via Finnish nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
Every word from Latin cunīculus →