Where does “kenkiä” come from?

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

kenkiä (Finnish): to shoe, put on shoes (primarily on oneself)

Definitions

  1. to shoe, put on shoes (primarily on oneself)

Ancestry of “kenkiä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickenkidäkto put on shoes
2Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
3Proto-Uralic-j-—

Words derived from “kenkiä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →Every word from Proto-Finnic kenkidäk →