Where does “salamakenkä” come from?

salamakenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Salama, from Proto-Finnic salama, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.

salamakenkä (Finnish): flash hot shoe

Definitions

  1. flash hot shoe

Ancestry of “salamakenkä”, step by step

salamakenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Salama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSalamalightning, bolt
2Proto-Finnicsalamalightning
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Finnish kenkä

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