Where does “lipevästi” come from?

lipevästi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lipevä, from Finnish lipeä, from Proto-Finnic lipeda — slippery.

lipevästi (Finnish): slickly, glibly

Definitions

  1. slickly, glibly

Ancestry of “lipevästi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlipeväslick, oleaginous, greasy, glib
2Finnishlipeälye; slippery
3Proto-Finniclipedaslippery
Every word from Proto-Finnic lipeda →Every word from Finnish lipeä →Every word from Finnish lipevä →