Where does “lipevyys” come from?

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

lipevyys (Finnish): slickness, glibness

Definitions

  1. slickness, glibness

Ancestry of “lipevyys”, 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 →