Where does “jarrukenkä” come from?

jarrukenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kenkä, from Proto-Finnic kenkä — shoe.

jarrukenkä (Finnish): A brake shoe

Definitions

  1. A brake shoe

Ancestry of “jarrukenkä”, step by step

jarrukenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe

via Finnish jarru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjarrubrake; bromide
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