Where does “elämä” come from?

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

elämä (Finnish): life; Agent participle of elää

Definitions

  1. life; Agent participle of elää

Ancestry of “elämä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianelamato live
2Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
3Proto-Uralicelä-to live

Words derived from “elämä”

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