liivi.
vest, waistcoat (sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit)
Meaning & usage
vest, waistcoat (sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit)
nahkaliivi
vest (protective sleeveless garment worn over outer clothing)
ellipsis of rintaliivit (“bra”)
vest (of any kind; from compounds)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Swedish liv.
Livonian (language)
Where this word comes from
From Estonian liivi, from Middle Low German [Term?] (whence also German Live (“Livonian”); the -b- > -v- occurred at this stage, -b- is original and forms with -v- are mediated through Germanic), probably originally from the endonym Livonian Līb (compare also Old East Slavic либь (libĭ), Latvian lībis).
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