Where does “liukasliikkeinen” come from?

liukasliikkeinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish liike, from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.

liukasliikkeinen (Finnish): agile, smoothly moving

Definitions

  1. agile, smoothly moving

Ancestry of “liukasliikkeinen”, step by step

liukasliikkeinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-—

via Finnish liukas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliukasslippery
2Finnishlipuato glide, float, slide to move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →