liivi

It's been considered to originate from Proto-Baltic word ''*glivěti'' (“cover with slime”) or Proto-Germanic word *slīwa (slime). Has same origin as Estonian liiv and Finnish liiva.

liivi (genitive liivi, partitive liivit)

1. Livonian (language)
2. (in the genitive) Livonian (attributive)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• (language): liivi keel

• liivi keel
• Liivimaa
• liivlane

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːʋi/, [ˈliːʋi]

From Swedish liv.

liivi

1. A vest, waistcoat (sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit).
2. A vest (protective sleeveless garment worn over outer clothing).
3. In plural (liivit); bra (short of rintaliivit). The plural is sometimes used as short of any type of vest.

• (bra): rintaliivit

In addition to the words listed below, the modifier may also specify the material used for the vest, e.g. nahkaliivi.

Probably through Estonian liivi from Livonian līvli. See liivi for more.

liivi

1. Livonian (language)

• liivin kieli

• liiviläinen
• liivinkielinen

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish etymological dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

• viili