Where does “nahkasohva” come from?
nahkasohva (Finnish) comes from Finnish sohva, from Swedish soffa, from English sofa, from French sofa — couch; sofa.
nahkasohva (Finnish): leather sofa
Ancestry of “nahkasohva”, step by step
nahkasohva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sohva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sohva | sofa, couch |
| 2 | Swedish | soffa | a couch, a sofa |
| 3 | English | sofa | A raised area of a building's floor, usually... |
| 4 | French | sofa | couch; sofa |
via Finnish nahka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nahka | leather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nahka | skin; leather |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | naskiz | skin |