Where does “vekkihame” come from?

vekkihame (Finnish) comes from Finnish hame, from Proto-Finnic hameh, from Proto-Germanic hamiz.

vekkihame (Finnish): pleated skirt

Definitions

  1. pleated skirt

Ancestry of “vekkihame”, step by step

vekkihame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhameskirt
2Proto-Finnichamehshirt; skirt
3Proto-Germanichamiz—

via Finnish vekki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvekkipleat
2Swedishveckfold
Every word from Proto-Germanic hamiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hameh →Every word from Finnish hame →