Where does “kengänkorjaus” come from?

kengänkorjaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish korjaus, from Finnish korjata, from Proto-Finnic korjat'ak — to pick, to collect.

kengänkorjaus (Finnish): shoe repairing, cobbling

Definitions

  1. shoe repairing, cobbling

Ancestry of “kengänkorjaus”, step by step

kengänkorjaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korjaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorjauscorrection; fix; repair
2Finnishkorjatato fix; to repair; to mend, darn, alter
3Proto-Finnickorjat'akto pick, to collect

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Finnic korjat'ak →Every word from Finnish korjata →Every word from Finnish korjaus →