Where does “lemmenleikki” come from?

lemmenleikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lempi, from Finnish lempi, from Proto-Finnic lempi — ? flame,? spark,? warmth.

lemmenleikki (Finnish): snuggling up, lovemaking

Definitions

  1. snuggling up, lovemaking

Ancestry of “lemmenleikki”, step by step

lemmenleikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Lempi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLempi(erotic) love
2Finnishlempilove; love-making, sex; As a very common former...
3Proto-Finniclempi? flame,? spark,? warmth

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—
Every word from Proto-Finnic lempi →Every word from Finnish lempi →Every word from Finnish Lempi →