Where does “nahkapusero” come from?

nahkapusero (Finnish) comes from Finnish pusero, from Swedish bussarong, from Low German buserun, from Dutch boezeroen, from French bourgeron — A type of short blouson; workman's overall.

nahkapusero (Finnish): leather jacket, leather sweater, leather blouse

Definitions

  1. leather jacket, leather sweater, leather blouse

Ancestry of “nahkapusero”, step by step

nahkapusero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pusero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuseroblouse; sweater, light jacket
2Swedishbussarongtype of pullover blouse, originally worn by...
3Low Germanbuserun—
4Dutchboezeroena smock frock, a workman's undershirt
5FrenchbourgeronA type of short blouson; workman's overall

via Finnish nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
Every word from French bourgeron →Every word from Dutch boezeroen →Every word from Low German buserun →