Where does “kenkärasva” come from?

kenkärasva (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasva, from Proto-Finnic rasva — fat.

kenkärasva (Finnish): shoe cream, shoe grease

Definitions

  1. shoe cream, shoe grease

Ancestry of “kenkärasva”, step by step

kenkärasva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Finnic rasva →Every word from Finnish rasva →
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