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Where does “likvidiys” come from?

likvidiys (Finnish) comes from Finnish likvidi, from Swedish likvid, from French liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus, from Latin liqueō, from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti — moist, to wet.

likvidiys (Finnish): liquidity

Definitions

  1. liquidity

Ancestry of “likvidiys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlikvidiliquid
2Swedishlikvid—
3Frenchliquideliquid; cash; inflection of liquider: ##...
4Old Frenchliquideliquid
5Latinliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,...
6Latinliqueō—
7Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
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