Where does “liistereki” come from?

liistereki (Finnish) comes from Finnish reki, from Proto-Finnic reki — sledge, sleigh.

liistereki (Finnish): a sleigh or sled made of wooden splints or laths

Definitions

  1. a sleigh or sled made of wooden splints or laths

Ancestry of “liistereki”, step by step

liistereki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish reki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrekiA relatively large sledge or sleigh equipped with...
2Proto-Finnicrekisledge, sleigh

via Finnish liiste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliistesplint, lath, slat
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