Where does “säärikarvat” come from?

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

säärikarvat (Finnish): leg hair hair that grows on the legs of humans

Definitions

  1. leg hair hair that grows on the legs of humans

Ancestry of “säärikarvat”, step by step

säärikarvat 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 →