Where does “elämäkerta” come from?
elämäkerta (Finnish) comes from Finnish elämä, from Estonian elama, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.
elämäkerta (Finnish): biography
Ancestry of “elämäkerta”, step by step
elämäkerta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elämä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elämä | life; Agent participle of elää |
| 2 | Estonian | elama | to live |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | elädäk | to live |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | elä- | to live |
via Finnish kerta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
Words derived from “elämäkerta”