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
- to skin; to exuviate, slough, moult, molt
Ancestry of “nahkoa”, step by step
| 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 |