Where does “soopelinnahka” come from?
soopelinnahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nahka, from Proto-Finnic nahka, from Proto-Germanic naskiz — skin.
soopelinnahka (Finnish): sable
Ancestry of “soopelinnahka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | nahka | leather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nahka | skin; leather |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | naskiz | skin |