Where does “nenälasit” come from?

nenälasit (Finnish) comes from Finnish nenä, from Proto-Finnic nenä — nose.

nenälasit (Finnish): pince-nez

Definitions

  1. pince-nez

Ancestry of “nenälasit”, step by step

nenälasit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

via Finnish lasit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlasitNominative plural form of lasi; spectacles
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