Where does “vandringskänga” come from?

vandringskänga (Swedish) comes from Swedish vandring, from Swedish vandra, from Old Swedish vandra, from Middle Low German wanderen, from Old Saxon *wandarōn, from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn — to waver, change, fluctuate.

vandringskänga (Swedish): a hiking boot

Definitions

  1. a hiking boot

Ancestry of “vandringskänga”, step by step

vandringskänga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish vandring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvandringa hike, a tour or journey (mostly by foot), a long walk
2Swedishvandrato wander, to hike
3Old Swedishvandra—
4Middle Low Germanwanderen—
5Old Saxon*wandarōn—
6Proto-West Germanic*wandarōnto waver, change, fluctuate

via Swedish känga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkängaboot; a heavy shoe
2Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
3Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn →Every word from Old Saxon *wandarōn →Every word from Middle Low German wanderen →