Where does “liiketalo” come from?

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

liiketalo (Finnish): business building, commercial building

Definitions

  1. business building, commercial building

Ancestry of “liiketalo”, step by step

liiketalo 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 talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalohouse; building; farm, homestead
2Ludiantaloifarm; house
3Proto-Finnictalofarm, farmstead
4Proto-Baltictalˀa-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →