Where does “liukupolku” come from?

liukupolku (Finnish) comes from Finnish polku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

liukupolku (Finnish): glide slope, glide path

Definitions

  1. glide slope, glide path

Ancestry of “liukupolku”, step by step

liukupolku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolkupath, trail, track; path; treading, stomping
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish liuku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliukuskid; slide
2Finnishliukuato slide
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish polku →