Where does “käsijarrukenkä” come from?

käsijarrukenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish käsijarru, from Finnish käsi, from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

käsijarrukenkä (Finnish): handbrake shoe

Definitions

  1. handbrake shoe

Ancestry of “käsijarrukenkä”, step by step

käsijarrukenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsijarru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkäsijarruA handbrake
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →