Where does “känga” come from?
känga (Swedish) comes from Finnish kenkä, from Proto-Finnic kenkä — shoe.
känga (Swedish): boot; a heavy shoe
Ancestry of “känga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kenkä | shoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kenkä | shoe |