Where does “hoopakenkä” come from?

hoopakenkä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian kenkä, from Proto-Finnic kenkä — shoe.

hoopakenkä (Ingrian): valenki; felt boot

Definitions

  1. valenki; felt boot

Ancestry of “hoopakenkä”, step by step

hoopakenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankenkäshoe
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe

via Ingrian hoopa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhoopafelt
Every word from Proto-Finnic kenkäEvery word from Ingrian kenkä
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