Where does “elämänilmiö” come from?

elämänilmiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmiö, from Finnish ilm-, from Finnish ilmetä, from Finnish ilmi, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i — oblique plural.

elämänilmiö (Finnish): phenomenon that is a part of life

Definitions

  1. phenomenon that is a part of life

Ancestry of “elämänilmiö”, step by step

elämänilmiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilmiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmiöphenomenon
2Finnishilm-
3FinnishilmetäTo appear, turn out; to become apparent; to arise
4Finnishilmipublic, known, to the daylight, to the open;...
5FinnishIlmaair
6Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
7Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
8Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
9Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish elämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelämälife; Agent participle of elää
2Estonianelamato live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri