Where does “virike” come from?

virike (Finnish) comes from Finnish vireä, from Proto-Finnic viredä.

virike (Finnish): stimulus

Definitions

  1. stimulus

Ancestry of “virike”, step by step

virike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vireä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvireäactive, animate
2Proto-Finnicviredä—

via Finnish ike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishike—

Words derived from “virike”

Every word from Proto-Finnic viredä →Every word from Finnish vireä →