Where does “oravannahkainen” come from?

oravannahkainen (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.

oravannahkainen (Finnish): Made of squirrel fur

Definitions

  1. Made of squirrel fur

Ancestry of “oravannahkainen”, step by step

oravannahkainen 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 nahkainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkainenleather; leathery
2Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
3Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
4Proto-Germanicnaskizskin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́raH →