Where does “wicca-liike” come from?

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

wicca-liike (Finnish): Wiccan movement

Definitions

  1. Wiccan movement

Ancestry of “wicca-liike”, step by step

wicca-liike 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 wicca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishwiccaWicca; Wiccan
2EnglishWiccaA neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by the Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals
3Old Englishwiċċa(male) witch, wizard, sorcerer, magician, druid, necromancer
4Proto-West Germanic*wikkōsorcerer, warlock
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic likudak →Every word from Finnish liikkua →