Where does “liukuovi” come from?

liukuovi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ovi, from Proto-Finnic ovi, from Proto-Uralic owe — door.

liukuovi (Finnish): sliding door

Definitions

  1. sliding door

Ancestry of “liukuovi”, step by step

liukuovi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishovidoor
2Proto-Finnicovi—
3Proto-Uralicowedoor

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-Uralic owe →