Where does “kevytkenkäinen” come from?

kevytkenkäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kevyt, from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

kevytkenkäinen (Finnish): promiscuous, easy (old-fashioned: loose, wanton, lewd)

Definitions

  1. promiscuous, easy (old-fashioned: loose, wanton, lewd)

Ancestry of “kevytkenkäinen”, step by step

kevytkenkäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kevyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
2Finnishkeveälightweight
3Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
4Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish kenkä

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

Words derived from “kevytkenkäinen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kepedä →Every word from Finnish keveä →