Where does “liukukitka” come from?

liukukitka (Finnish) comes from Finnish liuku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

liukukitka (Finnish): sliding friction

Definitions

  1. sliding friction

Ancestry of “liukukitka”, step by step

liukukitka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liuku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliukuskid; slide
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish Kitka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKitkaname of a lake
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish liuku →