Where does “karvatuppi” come from?
karvatuppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish karva, from Proto-Finnic karva, from Proto-Finnic kawra.
karvatuppi (Finnish): hair follicle
Ancestry of “karvatuppi”, step by step
karvatuppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karva | hair; fur; colors, stripes |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | karva | hair; color |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kawra | — |
via Finnish tuppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuppi | sheath; A card game popular in northern Finland,... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | duppaz | hollow, bowl |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰewb- | — |
Words derived from “karvatuppi”