Where does “kauppaliike” come from?
kauppaliike (Finnish) comes from Finnish liike, from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.
kauppaliike (Finnish): trading business, trading company
Definitions
- trading business, trading company
Ancestry of “kauppaliike”, step by step
kauppaliike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liike | motion; movement; shop, business |
| 2 | Finnish | liikkua | to move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | likudak | move |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | likke- | — |
via Finnish kauppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kauppa | commerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kaupaz | purchase |
| 3 | Latin | caupo | Tradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kaup- | — |