Where does “luikero” come from?

luikero (Finnish) comes from Finnish ero, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

luikero (Finnish): slithery, wiggly, slim animal, thing, etc

Definitions

  1. slithery, wiggly, slim animal, thing, etc

Ancestry of “luikero”, step by step

luikero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherodifference, distinction; Short for avioero;...
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish luikkia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluikkiato sneak away, to escape or flee inconspicuously
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o