Where does “nahanluonti” come from?
nahanluonti (Finnish) comes from Finnish luonti, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.
nahanluonti (Finnish): moult; molt
Ancestry of “nahanluonti”, step by step
nahanluonti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish luonti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luonti | creation, generation; plowing |
| 2 | Finnish | -nti | Form action nouns from verbs whose first... |
| 3 | Finnish | -nta | Forms nouns that describe an action; "erota... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |
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 |