Where does “liikavarvas” come from?

liikavarvas (Finnish) comes from Finnish liika, from Proto-Finnic liika, from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- — to leave.

liikavarvas (Finnish): corn

Definitions

  1. corn

Ancestry of “liikavarvas”, step by step

liikavarvas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikaexcess; excessively
2Proto-Finnicliikaexcess
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleykʷ-to leave

via Finnish varvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarvastoe
2Proto-Finnicvarbastoe
3Proto-Finnicvarpathin stick, twig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Finnic liika →Every word from Finnish liika →
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