Where does “leninkiliike” come from?

leninkiliike (Finnish) comes from Finnish leninki, from Swedish klänning, from Swedish klädning, from Swedish kläda, from Old Swedish klæþa, from Old Norse klæða, from Old English clāþian, from Proto-Germanic klaiþōną.

leninkiliike (Finnish): frock shop, frock store, dress shop, dress store

Definitions

  1. frock shop, frock store, dress shop, dress store

Ancestry of “leninkiliike”, step by step

leninkiliike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leninki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishleninkiA frock or a dress
2Swedishklänninga dress
3Swedishklädning—
4Swedishklädato dress; now commonly contracted to "klä"
5Old Swedishklæþato dress
6Old Norseklæða—
7Old Englishclāþianto clothe
8Proto-Germanicklaiþōnąto clothe
9Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

via Finnish liike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →