Where does “likaviemäri” come from?

likaviemäri (Finnish) comes from Finnish lika, from Proto-Finnic lika, from Proto-Germanic slīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- — to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

likaviemäri (Finnish): sewer, cesspool

Definitions

  1. sewer, cesspool

Ancestry of “likaviemäri”, step by step

likaviemäri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlikadirt, stain, filth
2Proto-Finniclikadirt, filth, mud
3Proto-Germanicslīkazslick, smooth; sleek, smooth
4Proto-Indo-Europeansleyǵ-to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

via Finnish viemäri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviemärisewer; drain, drainage, plughole
2Finnishviedäto take away, take, bring away
3Proto-Finnicveedäkto take, take away
4Proto-Uralicwixe-to bring, to take somewhere
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