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Where does “likvidera” come from?

likvidera (Swedish) comes from Swedish likvid, from French liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus, from Latin liqueō, from Proto-Italic wlikʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

likvidera (Swedish): to liquidate

Definitions

  1. to liquidate

Ancestry of “likvidera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlikvid—
2Frenchliquideliquid; cash; inflection of liquider: ##...
3Old Frenchliquideliquid
4Latinliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,...
5Latinliqueō—
6Proto-Italicwlikʷēō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- →