Where does “liukuvene” come from?

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

liukuvene (Finnish): hydroplane, hydrofoil

Definitions

  1. hydroplane, hydrofoil

Ancestry of “liukuvene”, step by step

liukuvene 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 vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish liuku →