Where does “liikekeskusta” come from?

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

liikekeskusta (Finnish): central business district, city, city center, downtown central area of a city in which there is a concentration of retail and business activities

Definitions

  1. central business district, city, city center, downtown central area of a city in which there is a concentration of retail and business activities

Ancestry of “liikekeskusta”, step by step

liikekeskusta 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 keskusta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskustacenter of a town or a city; center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske—
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →