Where does “kesäkenkä” come from?

kesäkenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kesä, from Proto-Finnic kesä, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ós-r.

kesäkenkä (Finnish): summer shoe

Definitions

  1. summer shoe

Ancestry of “kesäkenkä”, step by step

kesäkenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkesäsummer; fallow; Abbreviation of kesäkuu
2Proto-Finnickesäsummer; fallow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ós-r—

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ós-r →Every word from Proto-Finnic kesä →Every word from Finnish kesä →
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