Where does “kengityspaja” come from?

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

kengityspaja (Finnish): farriery workshop

Definitions

  1. farriery workshop

Ancestry of “kengityspaja”, step by step

kengityspaja 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 paja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajasmithy, forge; workshop; workplace
2Proto-Finnicpajasmithy, forge
3Proto-Germanicpago-—
4Proto-Celticago-—
5Yorubaa-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →Every word from Proto-Finnic kenkidäk →