kenkälusikka - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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kenkä (“shoe”) + lusikka (“spoon”), compare German Schuhlöffel (“shoehorn”), Russian ложка для обуви (ložka dlja obuvi, “shoehorn”) which would literally translate as "shoespoon" and "spoon for shoes" into English.
kenkälusikka
- shoehorn (tool used to assist putting the foot into a shoe)
- “kenkälusikka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02