Where does “kypäränaamio” come from?

kypäränaamio (Finnish) comes from Finnish kypärä, from Proto-Finnic küpärä, from Proto-Baltic kepur-.

kypäränaamio (Finnish): helmet mask

Definitions

  1. helmet mask

Ancestry of “kypäränaamio”, step by step

kypäränaamio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kypärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkypärähelmet; hard hat
2Proto-Finnicküpärähat
3Proto-Baltickepur-—

via Finnish naamio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamiomask
2Finnishnaamaface; face, mouth
3Proto-Samicnāmēvelvet on reindeer antlers
Every word from Proto-Baltic kepur- →Every word from Proto-Finnic küpärä →Every word from Finnish kypärä →
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