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
Ancestry of “kiiltonahkainen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kiiltonahka | patent leather, patent |
| 2 | Finnish | nahka | leather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | nahka | skin; leather |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | naskiz | skin |