Where does “nahkahuonekalu” come from?

nahkahuonekalu (Finnish) comes from Finnish nahka, from Proto-Finnic nahka, from Proto-Germanic naskiz — skin.

nahkahuonekalu (Finnish): (article of) leather furniture

Definitions

  1. (article of) leather furniture

Ancestry of “nahkahuonekalu”, step by step

nahkahuonekalu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nahka

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

via Finnish huonekalu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhuonekaluA piece of furniture
2Finnishhuoneroom; house; house, hall
3Proto-Finnichoonehbuilding; room
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →