Where does “kengittää” come from?

kengittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kenkiä, from Proto-Finnic kenkidäk, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

kengittää (Finnish): to shoe; to horseshoe, shoe

Definitions

  1. to shoe; to horseshoe, shoe

Ancestry of “kengittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkiäto shoe, put on shoes (primarily on oneself)
2Proto-Finnickenkidäkto put on shoes
3Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
4Proto-Uralic-j-—

Words derived from “kengittää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →Every word from Proto-Finnic kenkidäk →