Where does “silkohapsi” come from?

silkohapsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hapsi, from Proto-Finnic hapci, from Proto-Uralic ëpte — hair.

silkohapsi (Finnish): smooth hair

Definitions

  1. smooth hair

Ancestry of “silkohapsi”, step by step

silkohapsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhapsiA single hair, especially a grey hair of an...
2Proto-Finnichapcihair
3Proto-Uralicëptehair

via Finnish silko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsilkoUsed as an intensifier for
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëpte →Every word from Proto-Finnic hapci →Every word from Finnish hapsi →