Where does “tinakenkä” come from?

tinakenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tina, from Proto-Finnic tina, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

tinakenkä (Finnish): tin horseshoe cast on New Years; see

Definitions

  1. tin horseshoe cast on New Years; see

Ancestry of “tinakenkä”, step by step

tinakenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtinatin; pewter
2Proto-Finnictinatin
3Proto-Germanictinątin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Proto-Finnic tina →
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