Where does “liikelounas” come from?

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

liikelounas (Finnish): business lunch

Definitions

  1. business lunch

Ancestry of “liikelounas”, step by step

liikelounas 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 lounas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlounassouthwest; lunch
2Proto-Finniclounas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →