Where does “kenkävoide” come from?

kenkävoide (Finnish) comes from Finnish kenkä, from Proto-Finnic kenkä — shoe.

kenkävoide (Finnish): shoe polish

Definitions

  1. shoe polish

Ancestry of “kenkävoide”, step by step

kenkävoide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe

via Finnish voide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoideointment, salve; lotion, cream
2Proto-Finnicvoidekointment, salve
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