Where does “eläinrata” come from?

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

eläinrata (Finnish): zodiac

Definitions

  1. zodiac

Ancestry of “eläinrata”, step by step

eläinrata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eläin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheläinanimal
2FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live

via Finnish Rata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRataThe former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*rata—
3Proto-Germanictradōway; track; spoor
4Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

Words derived from “eläinrata”

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