Where does “känga” come from?

känga (Swedish) comes from Finnish kenkä, from Proto-Finnic kenkä — shoe.

känga (Swedish): boot; a heavy shoe

Definitions

  1. boot; a heavy shoe

Ancestry of “känga”, step by step

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

Words derived from “känga”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kenkä →Every word from Finnish kenkä →