Where does “retkijalkineet” come from?

retkijalkineet (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalkine, from Finnish jalka, from Proto-Finnic jalka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka.

retkijalkineet (Finnish): hiking footwear

Definitions

  1. hiking footwear

Ancestry of “retkijalkineet”, step by step

retkijalkineet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jalkine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjalkineA piece of footwear
2Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
3Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
4Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka

via Finnish retki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishretkitrip; expedition
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalkaEvery word from Proto-Finnic jalkaEvery word from Finnish jalka