Where does “rasvanahka” come from?

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

rasvanahka (Finnish): greasy leather

Definitions

  1. greasy leather

Ancestry of “rasvanahka”, step by step

rasvanahka 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 rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

Words derived from “rasvanahka”

Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →