Where does “otsanahka” come from?

otsanahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nahka, from Proto-Finnic nahka, from Proto-Germanic naskiz — skin.

otsanahka (Finnish): forehead skin

Definitions

  1. forehead skin

Ancestry of “otsanahka”, step by step

otsanahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nahka

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

via Finnish otsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishotsaforehead; audacity, nerve
2Proto-Germanicanþijąforehead
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →