Where does “venuksenkenkä” come from?

venuksenkenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish venus, from Latin venus, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

venuksenkenkä (Finnish): Venus slipper flowering plant of the genus

Definitions

  1. Venus slipper flowering plant of the genus

Ancestry of “venuksenkenkä”, step by step

venuksenkenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish venus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvenusVenus planet
2Latinvenussale, purchase
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Latin venus →Every word from Finnish venus →
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