Where does “puukenkä” come from?

puukenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

puukenkä (Finnish): clog

Definitions

  1. clog

Ancestry of “puukenkä”, step by step

puukenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →