Where does “purjehduskenkä” come from?

purjehduskenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish purjehdus, from Finnish purjehtia, from Finnish purje, from Proto-Finnic purjeh, from Proto-Germanic buriz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

purjehduskenkä (Finnish): boat shoe, deck shoe, topsider

Definitions

  1. boat shoe, deck shoe, topsider

Ancestry of “purjehduskenkä”, step by step

purjehduskenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purjehdus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurjehdussailing, sail, sailing trip; voyage, sail
2Finnishpurjehtiato sail
3Finnishpurjesail; rag, sheet
4Proto-Finnicpurjehsail
5Proto-Germanicburizmale offspring; son; elevation; hill; favourable...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buriz →Every word from Proto-Finnic purjeh →