Where does “elämänehto” come from?
elämänehto (Finnish) comes from Finnish elämä, from Estonian elama, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.
Ancestry of “elämänehto”, step by step
elämänehto 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 ehto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ehto | condition, term; reservation; candidacy in an... |
| 2 | Finnish | ehtiä | to make it, arrive or reach; to have/find time |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ehtidäk | to prepare, to get ready |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | ešte- | — |