Where does “napakenkä” come from?

napakenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish napa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *napa.

napakenkä (Finnish): pole shoe

Definitions

  1. pole shoe

Ancestry of “napakenkä”, step by step

napakenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapanavel; pole; pivot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*napa—

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *napa →Every word from Finnish napa →