Where does “rakennusliike” come from?

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

rakennusliike (Finnish): construction business, construction firm

Definitions

  1. construction business, construction firm

Ancestry of “rakennusliike”, step by step

rakennusliike 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 rakennus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakennusbuilding; building, construction
2Finnishrakentaato build, construct
3Proto-Finnicrakentadak—
4Proto-Finno-Ugricrakkɜ-to make, prepare, build
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →