Where does “kengitysseppä” come from?

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

kengitysseppä (Finnish): A farrier

Definitions

  1. A farrier

Ancestry of “kengitysseppä”, step by step

kengitysseppä 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 seppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä—
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →Every word from Proto-Finnic kenkidäk →