Where does “oravannahka” come from?

oravannahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish orava, from Proto-Finnic oraba, from Proto-Uralic ora, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́raH, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólos, from Proto-Indo-European ēl- — awl, prong.

oravannahka (Finnish): squirrel fur; money; vair

Definitions

  1. squirrel fur; money; vair

Ancestry of “oravannahka”, step by step

oravannahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish orava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoravasquirrel; red squirrel, Eurasian red squirrel
2Proto-Finnicorabasquirrel
3Proto-Uralicorasquirrel; awl
4Proto-Indo-IranianHā́raH—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ólosawl
6Proto-Indo-Europeanēl-awl, prong

via Finnish nahka

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

Words derived from “oravannahka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́raH →
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