Where does “nahkasalkku” come from?

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

nahkasalkku (Finnish): leather briefcase, leather portfolio

Definitions

  1. leather briefcase, leather portfolio

Ancestry of “nahkasalkku”, step by step

nahkasalkku 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 salkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalkkubriefcase, portfolio; Short for arvopaperisalkku;...
2Proto-Finnicsalkku—
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →