Where does “elämänkohtalo” come from?

elämänkohtalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohtalo, from Finnish -lo, from Finnish -la-i, from Finnish -la, from Proto-Finnic -la — locative suffix.

elämänkohtalo (Finnish): destiny, fate

Definitions

  1. destiny, fate

Ancestry of “elämänkohtalo”, step by step

elämänkohtalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kohtalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohtalodestiny, fate
2Finnish-loForms various nouns
3Finnish-la-i—
4Finnish-laForms nouns that signify a place, such as an...
5Proto-Finnic-lalocative suffix

via Finnish elämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelämälife; Agent participle of elää
2Estonianelamato live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Finnic -la →Every word from Finnish -la →Every word from Finnish -lo →