Where does “nahkapäällys” come from?

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

nahkapäällys (Finnish): leather cover, leather covering

Definitions

  1. leather cover, leather covering

Ancestry of “nahkapäällys”, step by step

nahkapäällys 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 päällys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäällystop, cover, overlay
2Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →