Where does “kengitysnaula” come from?

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

kengitysnaula (Finnish): horseshoe nail

Definitions

  1. horseshoe nail

Ancestry of “kengitysnaula”, step by step

kengitysnaula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kengitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkengitysshoeing the act of putting horseshoes on a horse
2Finnishkengittääto shoe; to horseshoe, shoe
3Finnishkenkiäto shoe, put on shoes (primarily on oneself)
4Proto-Finnickenkidäkto put on shoes
5Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
6Proto-Uralic-j-—

via Finnish naula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaulanail; pound; funt, funte
2Proto-Finnicnaklapeg, nail
3Proto-Germanicnaglaznail; nail or peg used for fastening
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →Every word from Proto-Finnic kenkidäk →