Where does “olkihattu” come from?

olkihattu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hattu, from Proto-Finnic hattu, from Proto-Germanic hattuz, from Proto-Indo-European kadʰ- — to guard, cover, protect, care for; to guard,...

olkihattu (Finnish): straw hat

Definitions

  1. straw hat

Ancestry of “olkihattu”, step by step

olkihattu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hattu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhattuhat; tampion; háček, caron
2Proto-Finnichattu—
3Proto-Germanichattuzhat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankadʰ-to guard, cover, protect, care for; to guard,...

via Finnish olki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkistraw; thatch
2Proto-Finnicolkihay
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kadʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hattuz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hattu →