Where does “minkinnahka” come from?
minkinnahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish minkki, from English mink, from Swedish mink, from Middle Low German mink, from Old Saxon mink.
minkinnahka (Finnish): mink leather
Ancestry of “minkinnahka”, step by step
minkinnahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish minkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | minkki | American mink, "Neovison vison"; mink |
| 2 | English | mink | Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals... |
| 3 | Swedish | mink | American mink |
| 4 | Middle Low German | mink | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | mink | — |
via Finnish nahka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nahka | leather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nahka | skin; leather |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | naskiz | skin |