Where does “soopelinnahka” come from?

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

soopelinnahka (Finnish): sable

Definitions

  1. sable

Ancestry of “soopelinnahka”, step by step

soopelinnahka 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 soopeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoopelisable, "Martes zibellina"
2Swedishsobel—
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic nahka →Every word from Finnish nahka →