Where does “elämänjano” come from?

elämänjano (Finnish) comes from Finnish elämä, from Estonian elama, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.

elämänjano (Finnish): appetite for life

Definitions

  1. appetite for life

Ancestry of “elämänjano”, step by step

elämänjano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelämälife; Agent participle of elää
2Estonianelamato live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live

via Finnish jänö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjänöhare
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Estonian elama →
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