Where does “eläinoppi” come from?
eläinoppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish eläin, from Finnish elää, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.
eläinoppi (Finnish): zoology
Ancestry of “eläinoppi”, step by step
eläinoppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish eläin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eläin | animal |
| 2 | Finnish | elää | To live, be alive; To live |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | elädäk | to live |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | elä- | to live |
via Finnish oppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oppi | doctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense... |
| 2 | Finnish | oppia | to learn |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oppidak | to learn |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | woppe- | — |
Words derived from “eläinoppi”