Where does “korkokenkä” come from?

korkokenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish korko, from Finnish korkea, from Proto-Finnic korkeda — tall, high.

korkokenkä (Finnish): high-heel shoe, high heel

Definitions

  1. high-heel shoe, high heel

Ancestry of “korkokenkä”, step by step

korkokenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkoheel; interest, interest rate; stress
2Finnishkorkeahigh; tall, high
3Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high

via Finnish kenkä

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

Words derived from “korkokenkä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic korkeda →Every word from Finnish korkea →Every word from Finnish korko →