Where does “kengitys” come from?

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

kengitys (Finnish): shoeing the act of putting horseshoes on a horse

Definitions

  1. shoeing the act of putting horseshoes on a horse

Ancestry of “kengitys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkengittääto shoe; to horseshoe, shoe
2Finnishkenkiäto shoe, put on shoes (primarily on oneself)
3Proto-Finnickenkidäkto put on shoes
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-—

Words derived from “kengitys”

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