Where does “nahka” come from?

nahka (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Germanic naskiz — skin.

nahka (Proto-Finnic): skin; leather

Definitions

  1. skin; leather

Ancestry of “nahka”, step by step

nahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic naskiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnaskizskin

via Proto-Germanic naskaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnaskazsoft leather

Words derived from “nahka

Every word from Proto-Germanic naskiz