Where does “nahkakinnas” come from?

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

nahkakinnas (Finnish): leather mitten

Definitions

  1. leather mitten

Ancestry of “nahkakinnas”, step by step

nahkakinnas 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 kinnas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkinnasmitten
2Proto-Finnickindasglove, mitten
3Proto-Baltickimdas—
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →