Where does “kenkäin” come from?

kenkäin (Finnish) comes from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kenkäin (Finnish): A chape; A kind of sheath with which a flagpole...

Definitions

  1. A chape; A kind of sheath with which a flagpole...

Ancestry of “kenkäin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
3Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in
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