Where does “liikehermo” come from?

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

liikehermo (Finnish): motor nerve

Definitions

  1. motor nerve

Ancestry of “liikehermo”, step by step

liikehermo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-—

via Finnish hermo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhermonerve; snap

Words derived from “liikehermo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →