Where does “elämäkertateos” come from?
elämäkertateos (Finnish) comes from Finnish teos, from Finnish tehdä, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
elämäkertateos (Finnish): a biographical work
Definitions
- a biographical work
Ancestry of “elämäkertateos”, step by step
elämäkertateos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish teos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teos | work; oeuvre, opus |
| 2 | Finnish | tehdä | to do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via Finnish elämäkerta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elämäkerta | biography |
| 2 | Finnish | elämä | life; Agent participle of elää |
| 3 | Estonian | elama | to live |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | elädäk | to live |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | elä- | to live |