Where does “käärmeennahkakenkä” come from?

käärmeennahkakenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish käärmeennahka, from Finnish käärme, from Proto-Finnic kärmeh, from Proto-Finnic kärmeš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

käärmeennahkakenkä (Finnish): snake leather shoe shoe made of snake leather

Definitions

  1. snake leather shoe shoe made of snake leather

Ancestry of “käärmeennahkakenkä”, step by step

käärmeennahkakenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käärmeennahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäärmeennahkasnakeskin
2Finnishkäärmesnake
3Proto-Finnickärmehsnake
4Proto-Finnickärmeš—
5Proto-Balto-Slavickr̥misworm
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärmeš →