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Where does “sudennahka” come from?

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

sudennahka (Finnish): wolfskin

Definitions

  1. wolfskin

Ancestry of “sudennahka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnahkaleather; skin of an animal, colloquially also of...
2Proto-Finnicnahkaskin; leather
3Proto-Germanicnaskizskin

Words derived from “sudennahka”

  • sudennahkaturkki
Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz →