Where does “elää” come from?

elää (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.

elää (Finnish): To live, be alive; To live

Definitions

  1. To live, be alive; To live

Ancestry of “elää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
2Proto-Uralicelä-to live

Words derived from “elää”

Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →