Where does “suomuhaarniska” come from?

suomuhaarniska (Finnish) comes from Finnish suomu, from Proto-Finnic soomu, from Proto-Uralic śëme — scale.

suomuhaarniska (Finnish): scale armour

Definitions

  1. scale armour

Ancestry of “suomuhaarniska”, step by step

suomuhaarniska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suomu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuomuscale
2Proto-Finnicsoomuscale
3Proto-Uralicśëmescale

via Finnish haarniska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarniskaarmor, armour
2Old Swedishharnisk—
Every word from Proto-Uralic śëme →Every word from Proto-Finnic soomu →Every word from Finnish suomu →