Where does “pihtiliike” come from?

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

pihtiliike (Finnish): pincer attack

Definitions

  1. pincer attack

Ancestry of “pihtiliike”, step by step

pihtiliike 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 pihti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihtiany two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,...
2Proto-Finnicpihtisplint holder
3Proto-Finno-Permicpište—
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →