Where does “karvanaamainen” come from?

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

karvanaamainen (Finnish): having a hairy face, having facial hair

Definitions

  1. having a hairy face, having facial hair

Ancestry of “karvanaamainen”, step by step

karvanaamainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

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

via Finnish naama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamaface; face, mouth
2Proto-Samicnāmēvelvet on reindeer antlers
Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →