Where does “nahanmuokkaus” come from?

nahanmuokkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish muokkaus, from Finnish muokata, from Proto-Slavic mǫka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mánkāˀ.

nahanmuokkaus (Finnish): leather currying, leather dressing

Definitions

  1. leather currying, leather dressing

Ancestry of “nahanmuokkaus”, step by step

nahanmuokkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muokkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuokkausworking shaping, forming, improving material
2Finnishmuokatato work; to edit; to modify
3Proto-Slavicmǫkatorment, torture; flour
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*mánkāˀ—

via Finnish nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mánkāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic mǫka →Every word from Finnish muokata →