kangas.
cloth, fabric, textile (woven fabric)
Meaning & usage
cloth, fabric, textile (woven fabric)
material (cloth to be made into a garment)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *kangas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (compare Danish gang (“forty warp threads”), Middle High German ganc (“warp count (in weaving)”), Middle Low German ganc (“warp count (in weaving)”)).
A soil type: firm, moraine ground covered with a relatively thin layer of organic topsoil called podsol.
A forest type growing on such soil, predominantly coniferous; boreal forest, heath forest.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *kangas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (“way, passage”) (compare German Gang), boreal forests being easily passable.
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