Where does “nahkahame” come from?

nahkahame (Finnish) comes from Finnish Häme, from Proto-Finnic hämä, from Proto-Balto-Slavic źemē, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰðʰem-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

nahkahame (Finnish): leather skirt

Definitions

  1. leather skirt

Ancestry of “nahkahame”, step by step

nahkahame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Häme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishHämeTavastia, Tavastland
2Proto-FinnichämäA person living in or originating from the area...
3Proto-Balto-Slavicźemēearth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰðʰem-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
6Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
7Proto-Indo-European-mi—

via Finnish nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōm →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm →