Where does “vinterkänga” come from?

vinterkänga (Swedish) comes from Swedish vinter, from Old Swedish vinter, from Old Norse vintr, from Proto-Germanic wintruz — winter.

vinterkänga (Swedish): a winter boot

Definitions

  1. a winter boot

Ancestry of “vinterkänga”, step by step

vinterkänga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish vinter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvinterwinter; the coldest of the four seasons; either...
2Old Swedishvinterwinter
3Old Norsevintrwinter
4Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter

via Swedish känga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkängaboot; a heavy shoe
2Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
3Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →Every word from Old Norse vintr →Every word from Old Swedish vinter →