Where does “kiiltonahkainen” come from?

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

kiiltonahkainen (Finnish): Made of patent leather

Definitions

  1. Made of patent leather

Ancestry of “kiiltonahkainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiiltonahkapatent leather, patent
2Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
3Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
4Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →