Where does “nahkaleili” come from?

nahkaleili (Finnish) comes from Finnish leili, from Old Swedish läghil, from Latin lagēna, from Ancient Greek λάγηνος, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́γῡνος — flagon; pitcher; flask.

nahkaleili (Finnish): waterskin

Definitions

  1. waterskin

Ancestry of “nahkaleili”, step by step

nahkaleili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleiliflagon
2Old Swedishläghil—
3Latinlagēna—
4Ancient GreekλάγηνοςAlternative form of λᾰ́γῡνος; flask, pitcher;...
5Ancient Greekλᾰ́γῡνοςflagon; pitcher; flask

via Finnish nahka

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