Where does “lihkkat” come from?

lihkkat (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish liikkua, from Proto-Finnic likudak, from Proto-Uralic likke-.

lihkkat (Northern Sami): to rise, to get up

Definitions

  1. to rise, to get up

Ancestry of “lihkkat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
2Proto-Finniclikudakmove
3Proto-Uraliclikke-
Every word from Proto-Uralic likke-