Where does “vasemmistoliike” come from?

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

vasemmistoliike (Finnish): left-wing movement, leftist movement

Definitions

  1. left-wing movement, leftist movement

Ancestry of “vasemmistoliike”, step by step

vasemmistoliike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-—

via Finnish vasemmisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvasemmistoThe left; leftist
2Finnish-stöFront vowel variant of -sto
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →