Where does “elämänkielteinen” come from?
elämänkielteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kielteinen, from Finnish kieltää, from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.
elämänkielteinen (Finnish): pessimistic, with a negative attitude towards life
Definitions
- pessimistic, with a negative attitude towards life
Ancestry of “elämänkielteinen”, step by step
elämänkielteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kielteinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kielteinen | negative |
| 2 | Finnish | kieltää | to forbid; to forbid, to disallow, to ban, to... |
| 3 | Finnish | kieli | tongue; language; string |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keeli | tongue; language |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | käle | tongue; language |