Where does “liikaherkkyys” come from?
liikaherkkyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish liika, from Proto-Finnic liika, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.
liikaherkkyys (Finnish): oversensitivity
Ancestry of “liikaherkkyys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liika | excess; excessively |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | liika | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | leykʷ- | to leave |