Where does “nenärätti” come from?

nenärätti (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian nenä, from Proto-Finnic nenä — nose.

nenärätti (Ingrian): handkerchief

Definitions

  1. handkerchief

Ancestry of “nenärätti”, step by step

nenärätti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannenänose; edge, cutting edge
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

via Ingrian rätti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianrätticloth
Every word from Proto-Finnic nenä →Every word from Ingrian nenä →
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