Where does “liikevoima” come from?
liikevoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish liike, from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.
liikevoima (Finnish): motive power; impetus, momentum
Definitions
- motive power; impetus, momentum
Ancestry of “liikevoima”, step by step
liikevoima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liike | motion; movement; shop, business |
| 2 | Finnish | liikkua | to move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | likudak | move |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | likke- | — |
via Finnish voima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |