Where does “romuliike” come from?
romuliike (Finnish) comes from Finnish liike, from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.
romuliike (Finnish): junkyard business that sells used metal or items
Definitions
- junkyard business that sells used metal or items
Ancestry of “romuliike”, step by step
romuliike 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 romu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | romu | scrap, junk, especially one that consists of... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |