Where does “nilkkakenkä” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nilkkakenkä”, step by step

nilkkakenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kenkä

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

via Finnish nilkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnilkkaankle
Every word from Proto-Finnic kenkä →Every word from Finnish kenkä →