Where does “eläintenpalvonta” come from?

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

eläintenpalvonta (Finnish): zoolatry

Definitions

  1. zoolatry

Ancestry of “eläintenpalvonta”, step by step

eläintenpalvonta 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 palvonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvontaworship, praise, -latry
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Finnish elää →
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