Where does “lyhytkarvainen” come from?

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

lyhytkarvainen (Finnish): short-haired of fur

Definitions

  1. short-haired of fur

Ancestry of “lyhytkarvainen”, step by step

lyhytkarvainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

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

via Finnish lyhyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhytshort
2Proto-Finniclühütshort
Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →