Where does “selkänahka” come from?

selkänahka (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian selkä, from Proto-Finnic selkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä.

selkänahka (Ingrian): back skin

Definitions

  1. back skin

Ancestry of “selkänahka”, step by step

selkänahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianselkäback
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—

via Ingrian nahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannahkaleather
2Proto-Germanicnaskasoft leather

Words derived from “selkänahka”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Ingrian selkä →