Where does “liukujälki” come from?

liukujälki (Finnish) comes from Finnish jälki, from Proto-Finnic jälki, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jälke.

liukujälki (Finnish): skidmark

Definitions

  1. skidmark

Ancestry of “liukujälki”, step by step

liukujälki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jälki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjälkitrace; track; aftermath
2Proto-Finnicjälkitrace, mark; track, trail
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjälke—

via Finnish liuku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliukuskid; slide
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jälke →Every word from Proto-Finnic jälki →Every word from Finnish jälki →