Where does “naulanvedin” come from?

naulanvedin (Finnish) comes from Finnish naula, from Proto-Finnic nakla, from Proto-Germanic naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- — claw, nail; nail.

naulanvedin (Finnish): cat's paw

Definitions

  1. cat's paw

Ancestry of “naulanvedin”, step by step

naulanvedin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaulanail; pound; funt, funte
2Proto-Finnicnaklapeg, nail
3Proto-Germanicnaglaznail; nail or peg used for fastening
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail

via Finnish vedin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvedinpull; clothes, attire; First-person singular...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic naglaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nakla →