Where does “kengänkorko” come from?

kengänkorko (Finnish) comes from Finnish korko, from Finnish korkea, from Proto-Finnic korkeda — tall, high.

kengänkorko (Finnish): heel on a shoe

Definitions

  1. heel on a shoe

Ancestry of “kengänkorko”, step by step

kengänkorko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkoheel; interest, interest rate; stress
2Finnishkorkeahigh; tall, high
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Finnic korkeda →Every word from Finnish korkea →Every word from Finnish korko →