Where does “kengätön” come from?

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

kengätön (Finnish): shoeless

Definitions

  1. shoeless

Ancestry of “kengätön”, step by step

kengätön traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kenkä

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

via Finnish ton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtonGenitive singular form of toi; Accusative...
Every word from Proto-Finnic kenkäEvery word from Finnish kenkä