Where does “nahkahihna” come from?

nahkahihna (Finnish) comes from Finnish hihna, from Proto-Finnic hihna, from Lithuanian šikšna.

nahkahihna (Finnish): leather strap, leather thong, leather band

Definitions

  1. leather strap, leather thong, leather band

Ancestry of “nahkahihna”, step by step

nahkahihna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hihna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhihnastrap, band; especially one that is made of...
2Proto-Finnichihnaleather belt, strap
3Lithuanianšikšna—

via Finnish nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
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