Where does “kengurunnahka” come from?
kengurunnahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nahka, from Proto-Finnic nahka, from Proto-Germanic naskiz — skin.
kengurunnahka (Finnish): kangaroo skin, kangaroo leather
Definitions
- kangaroo skin, kangaroo leather
Ancestry of “kengurunnahka”, step by step
kengurunnahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nahka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nahka | leather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nahka | skin; leather |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | naskiz | skin |
via Finnish kenguru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kenguru | kangaroo |
| 2 | English | kangaroo | A member of the Macropodidae family of large... |
| 3 | Guugu Yimidhirr | gangurru | large grey or black kangaroo |