Where does “karitsannahka” come from?

karitsannahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nahka, from Proto-Finnic nahka, from Proto-Germanic naskiz — skin.

karitsannahka (Finnish): lambskin

Definitions

  1. lambskin

Ancestry of “karitsannahka”, step by step

karitsannahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin

via Finnish karitsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaritsaA lamb
2Proto-Finnickargiccalamb (young sheep)
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →