Where does “norsunnahka” come from?

norsunnahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish norsu, from Finnish mursu, from Northern Sami morša, from Proto-Samic *moršë — walrus.

norsunnahka (Finnish): elephant hide, elephant leather

Definitions

  1. elephant hide, elephant leather

Ancestry of “norsunnahka”, step by step

norsunnahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish norsu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnorsuelephant
2Finnishmursuwalrus
3Northern Samimoršawalrus
4Proto-Samic*moršëwalrus

via Finnish nahka

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

Words derived from “norsunnahka”

Every word from Proto-Samic *moršë →Every word from Northern Sami morša →Every word from Finnish mursu →
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