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Where does “kriminnahka” come from?

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

kriminnahka (Finnish): pelt of a karakul lamb as raw material, valued...

Definitions

  1. pelt of a karakul lamb as raw material, valued...

Ancestry of “kriminnahka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin

Words derived from “kriminnahka”

  • kriminnahkaturkki
  • kriminnahkalakki
  • kriminnahkakaulus
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