Where does “sulavaliikkeinen” come from?
sulavaliikkeinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish liike, from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.
sulavaliikkeinen (Finnish): sinuous, graceful
Ancestry of “sulavaliikkeinen”, step by step
sulavaliikkeinen 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 sulava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sulava | melting; loose, smooth; suave |
| 2 | Finnish | sulaa | to melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | suladak | to melt |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | sula | to molten, melted; melt, dissolve |