Where does “taistelukenkä” come from?

taistelukenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish taistelu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

taistelukenkä (Finnish): combat boot

Definitions

  1. combat boot

Ancestry of “taistelukenkä”, step by step

taistelukenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taistelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaistelufight; struggle; battle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish kenkä

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