Where does “kivi kengässä” come from?

kivi kengässä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kivi, from Latin -la — nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

kivi kengässä (Finnish): A constant problem; annoyance

Definitions

  1. A constant problem; annoyance

Ancestry of “kivi kengässä”, step by step

kivi kengässä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Latin -la →Every word from Finnish kivi →