Where does “pisamanaama” come from?

pisamanaama (Finnish) comes from Finnish naama, from Proto-Samic nāmē — velvet on reindeer antlers.

pisamanaama (Finnish): a freckle-faced person

Definitions

  1. a freckle-faced person

Ancestry of “pisamanaama”, step by step

pisamanaama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamaface; face, mouth
2Proto-Samicnāmēvelvet on reindeer antlers

via Finnish pisama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpisamafreckle
Every word from Proto-Samic nāmē →Every word from Finnish naama →