Where does “miesasialiike” come from?

miesasialiike (Finnish) comes from Finnish liike, from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.

miesasialiike (Finnish): men's rights movement

Definitions

  1. men's rights movement

Ancestry of “miesasialiike”, step by step

miesasialiike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-

via Finnish miesasia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesasiamen's rights, men's issues
2Finnishmiesman; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
4Proto-Finnicmeexes
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke-Every word from Proto-Finnic likudakEvery word from Finnish liikkua