Where does “mokkanahka” come from?
mokkanahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nahka, from Proto-Finnic nahka, from Proto-Germanic naskiz — skin.
mokkanahka (Finnish): suede
Ancestry of “mokkanahka”, step by step
mokkanahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish mokka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mokka | mocha; suede |
| 2 | English | Mocha | The name originally proposed for JavaScript |
| 3 | Arabic | اَلْمُخَا | — |
Words derived from “mokkanahka”