Where does “elämänkaari” come from?

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

elämänkaari (Finnish): life cycle

Definitions

  1. life cycle

Ancestry of “elämänkaari”, step by step

elämänkaari 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 kaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaaricurve; bow; arch
2Proto-Finnickaaricurve
3Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing

Words derived from “elämänkaari”

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