Where does “kulmakarva” come from?

kulmakarva (Finnish) comes from Finnish karva, from Proto-Finnic karva, from Proto-Finnic kawra.

kulmakarva (Finnish): An individual hair of the eyebrow

Definitions

  1. An individual hair of the eyebrow

Ancestry of “kulmakarva”, step by step

kulmakarva traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—

via Ingrian karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankarvahair

via Finnish kuľma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuľmacorner external point where two converging lines meet

Words derived from “kulmakarva”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →