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
Ancestry of “suurliikemies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | liikemies | businessman; businessperson |
| 2 | Finnish | liike | motion; movement; shop, business |
| 3 | Finnish | liikkua | to move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | likudak | move |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | likke- | — |