Where does “vekkihame” come from?
vekkihame (Finnish) comes from Finnish hame, from Proto-Finnic hameh, from Proto-Germanic hamiz.
vekkihame (Finnish): pleated skirt
Ancestry of “vekkihame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hame | skirt |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hameh | shirt; skirt |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hamiz | — |