Where does “neidonkenkä” come from?

neidonkenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kenkä, from Proto-Finnic kenkä — shoe.

neidonkenkä (Finnish): calypso orchid, Calypso bulbosa

Definitions

  1. calypso orchid, Calypso bulbosa

Ancestry of “neidonkenkä”, step by step

neidonkenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kenkä

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

via Finnish neito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneitomaiden, maid; nigella
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