Where does “terveyskenkä” come from?

terveyskenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish terveys, from Proto-Finnic tervehüc, from Proto-Finnic terveh, from Proto-Finnic -eh — Forms nominals.

terveyskenkä (Finnish): health shoe, comfort shoe

Definitions

  1. health shoe, comfort shoe

Ancestry of “terveyskenkä”, step by step

terveyskenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterveyshealth
2Proto-Finnictervehüchealth
3Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
4Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
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