Where does “karvanysty” come from?

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

karvanysty (Finnish): papilla of a hair follicle

Definitions

  1. papilla of a hair follicle

Ancestry of “karvanysty”, step by step

karvanysty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

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

via Finnish nysty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnystybump, nodule, protrusion, lump; tubercle; papilla
Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →
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