Where does “suurliikemies” come from?

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

suurliikemies (Finnish): tycoon

Definitions

  1. tycoon

Ancestry of “suurliikemies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikemiesbusinessman; businessperson
2Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
3Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
4Proto-Finniclikudakmove
5Proto-Uraliclikke-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →