Where does “vaelluskenkä” come from?

vaelluskenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaellus, from Finnish vaeltaa, from Finnish -eltaa — Variant of -ltaa.

vaelluskenkä (Finnish): hiking boot

Definitions

  1. hiking boot

Ancestry of “vaelluskenkä”, step by step

vaelluskenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaellus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaellushike; peregrination; migration
2FinnishvaeltaaTo wander, roam, travel, trek, ramble; to hike;...
3Finnish-eltaaVariant of -ltaa

via Finnish kenkä

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