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Where does “liikehdintä” come from?

liikehdintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish liikehtiä, from Finnish liike, from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.

liikehdintä (Finnish): motion, movement

Definitions

  1. motion, movement

Ancestry of “liikehdintä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikehtiäto move; to fidget, move about
2Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
3Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
4Proto-Finniclikudakmove
5Proto-Uraliclikke-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →