Where does “solkikenkä” come from?

solkikenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish solki, from Finnish solisvaltimo, from Finnish valtimo, from Finnish valta- — main, principal.

solkikenkä (Finnish): monk shoe

Definitions

  1. monk shoe

Ancestry of “solkikenkä”, step by step

solkikenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish solki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsolkibuckle, clasp; fibula, brooch, clasp
2Finnishsolisvaltimosubclavian artery
3Finnishvaltimoartery
4Finnishvalta-main, principal

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Finnish valta- →