Where does “kankealiikkeinen” come from?

kankealiikkeinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish liike, from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.

kankealiikkeinen (Finnish): that moves stiffly

Definitions

  1. that moves stiffly

Ancestry of “kankealiikkeinen”, step by step

kankealiikkeinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-—

via Finnish kankea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkankeastiff; awkward, clumsy; Partitive singular form...
2Proto-Finnickankedastiff
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →
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