Where does “kengänkärki” come from?

kengänkärki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärki, from Proto-Finnic kärki, from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke.

kengänkärki (Finnish): tip of the shoe

Definitions

  1. tip of the shoe

Ancestry of “kengänkärki”, step by step

kengänkärki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärkipoint, tip, cusp; lead; vertex
2Proto-Finnickärkiblack woodpecker
3Proto-Finno-Permickärke—

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kärke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärki →Every word from Finnish kärki →