Where does “talvikenkä” come from?

talvikenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish talvi, from Proto-Finnic talvi, from Proto-Uralic tälwä — winter.

talvikenkä (Finnish): winter shoe

Definitions

  1. winter shoe

Ancestry of “talvikenkä”, step by step

talvikenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish talvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalviwinter
2Proto-Finnictalviwinter
3Proto-Uralictälwäwinter

via Finnish kenkä

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