Where does “muuttoliike” come from?
muuttoliike (Finnish) comes from Finnish liike, from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.
muuttoliike (Finnish): migration
Ancestry of “muuttoliike”, step by step
muuttoliike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liike | motion; movement; shop, business |
| 2 | Finnish | liikkua | to move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | likudak | move |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | likke- | — |
via Finnish muutto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muutto | move, relocation; migration |
| 2 | Finnish | muuttaa | to modify, change, alter; to transform,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ellä | Front vowel variant of -ella |