Where does “peliliike” come from?

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

peliliike (Finnish): move, maneuver in a game

Definitions

  1. move, maneuver in a game

Ancestry of “peliliike”, step by step

peliliike 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 peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel—
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →