Where does “keinonahka” come from?

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

keinonahka (Finnish): artificial leather, fake leather

Definitions

  1. artificial leather, fake leather

Ancestry of “keinonahka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskizEvery word from Proto-Finnic nahkaEvery word from Finnish nahka
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