Where does “säärikarva” come from?

säärikarva (Finnish) comes from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

säärikarva (Finnish): leg hair individual hair belonging to leg hair

Definitions

  1. leg hair individual hair belonging to leg hair

Ancestry of “säärikarva”, step by step

säärikarva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sääri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish sääri →