Where does “ruuviliike” come from?
ruuviliike (Finnish) comes from Finnish liike, from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.
ruuviliike (Finnish): helical motion
Ancestry of “ruuviliike”, step by step
ruuviliike 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 ruuvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruuvi | screw |
| 2 | Middle Low German | schrūve | screw machine |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |