Where does “mokkakenkä” come from?

mokkakenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mokka, from English Mocha, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا.

mokkakenkä (Finnish): suede shoe

Definitions

  1. suede shoe

Ancestry of “mokkakenkä”, step by step

mokkakenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmokkamocha; suede
2EnglishMochaThe name originally proposed for JavaScript
3Arabicاَلْمُخَا—

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Arabic اَلْمُخَا →Every word from English Mocha →Every word from Finnish mokka →
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