Where does “kurttunaama” come from?

kurttunaama (Finnish) comes from Finnish naama, from Proto-Samic nāmē — velvet on reindeer antlers.

kurttunaama (Finnish): frown-face; a person or animal who frowns often

Definitions

  1. frown-face; a person or animal who frowns often

Ancestry of “kurttunaama”, step by step

kurttunaama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamaface; face, mouth
2Proto-Samicnāmēvelvet on reindeer antlers

via Finnish kurttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurttupucker, crinkle; Synonym of harmonikka

Words derived from “kurttunaama”

Every word from Proto-Samic nāmē →Every word from Finnish naama →