Where does “nahkoa” come from?

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

nahkoa (Finnish): to skin; to exuviate, slough, moult, molt

Definitions

  1. to skin; to exuviate, slough, moult, molt

Ancestry of “nahkoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →
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