Where does “nanāōrõn” come from?

nanāōrõn (Livonian) comes from Livonian nana, from Proto-Finnic nenä — nose.

nanāōrõn (Livonian): handkerchief

Definitions

  1. handkerchief

Ancestry of “nanāōrõn”, step by step

nanāōrõn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian nana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livoniannananose
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

via Livonian ǭ’rõn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianǭ’rõn—
Every word from Proto-Finnic nenä →Every word from Livonian nana →