Where does “sudennahka” come from?
sudennahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nahka, from Proto-Finnic nahka, from Proto-Germanic naskiz — skin.
sudennahka (Finnish): wolfskin
Ancestry of “sudennahka”, step by step
sudennahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nahka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nahka | leather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nahka | skin; leather |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | naskiz | skin |
via Finnish susi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | susi | grey wolf; dud |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | suci | wolf |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
Words derived from “sudennahka”