Where does “kengänpäällinen” come from?

kengänpäällinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kenkä, from Proto-Finnic kenkä — shoe.

kengänpäällinen (Finnish): shoe upper

Definitions

  1. shoe upper

Ancestry of “kengänpäällinen”, step by step

kengänpäällinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe

via Finnish päällinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäällinentopping; covering, cover, spread, jacket; throw
2Finnishinen—
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