Where does “rintakarva” come from?

rintakarva (Finnish) comes from Finnish karva, from Proto-Finnic karva, from Proto-Finnic kawra.

rintakarva (Finnish): chest hair

Definitions

  1. chest hair

Ancestry of “rintakarva”, step by step

rintakarva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →