Where does “lapsenkenkä” come from?

lapsenkenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lapsi, from Proto-Finnic lapci, from Proto-Uralic lëpće — cradle.

lapsenkenkä (Finnish): children's shoe

Definitions

  1. children's shoe

Ancestry of “lapsenkenkä”, step by step

lapsenkenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Uralic lëpće →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapci →Every word from Finnish lapsi →