Where does “koripallokenkä” come from?

koripallokenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish koripallo, from Finnish kori, from Swedish korg, from Old Swedish korgher, from Old Norse kǫrf, from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon korf, from Proto-Germanic *korb — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

koripallokenkä (Finnish): basketball shoe

Definitions

  1. basketball shoe

Ancestry of “koripallokenkä”, step by step

koripallokenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koripallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoripallobasketball
2Finnishkoribasket; made of wicker; bodywork, auto body
3Swedishkorgbasket; Short for vagnskorg
4Old Swedishkorgher
5Old Norsekǫrf
6Middle Low Germankorf
7Old Saxonkorf
8Proto-Germanic*korb
9Latincorbisbasket; basketful
10Proto-West Germanickorbbasket
11Proto-Germanickurbaz
12Proto-Germanickrebôbasket
13Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
14Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic krebô