Where does “kengänkiillotus” come from?
kengänkiillotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiillotus, from Finnish kiillottaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kengänkiillotus (Finnish): shoeshine
Ancestry of “kengänkiillotus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kiillotus | polishing |
| 2 | Finnish | kiillottaa | To polish, shine |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |