Where does “elämänala” come from?

elämänala (Finnish) comes from Finnish älä, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

elämänala (Finnish): walk of life, area of life, field of life

Definitions

  1. walk of life, area of life, field of life

Ancestry of “elämänala”, step by step

elämänala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish elämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelämälife; Agent participle of elää
2Estonianelamato live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Finnish ala- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →