Where does “ripeäliikkeinen” come from?

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

ripeäliikkeinen (Finnish): agile, nimble, that moves rapidly

Definitions

  1. agile, nimble, that moves rapidly

Ancestry of “ripeäliikkeinen”, step by step

ripeäliikkeinen 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 ripeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishripeärapid, prompt
2Finnish-eäFront vowel variant of -ea
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →
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