Where does “nappanahka” come from?

nappanahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nappa, from Swedish nappa, from Old Swedish nappa, from Old Norse hnappa, from Proto-Germanic hnappōną, from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂-.

nappanahka (Finnish): nappa leather, napa leather

Definitions

  1. nappa leather, napa leather

Ancestry of “nappanahka”, step by step

nappanahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nappa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnappatanned sheep, goat, or cow leather
2Swedishnappato bite, to take; to take, grab, pinch
3Old Swedishnappato pinch, pluck
4Old Norsehnappa—
5Proto-Germanichnappōnąto pick, pluck, tear off
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknobʰnéh₂-—

via Finnish nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin

Words derived from “nappanahka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnappōną →Every word from Old Norse hnappa →