Etymology Explorer
› Finnish
Where does “lie-” come from?
lie- (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic leedäk, from Proto-Uralic le- — to become.
Ancestry of “lie-”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
leedäk
to be going to
2
Proto-Uralic
le-
to become
Every word from Proto-Uralic le- →
Every word from Proto-Finnic leedäk →