Where does “karvanjuuri” come from?

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

karvanjuuri (Finnish): root of a hair usually of hair not on top of the head

Definitions

  1. root of a hair usually of hair not on top of the head

Ancestry of “karvanjuuri”, step by step

karvanjuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

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

via Finnish juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →