Where does “elämänkokemus” come from?
elämänkokemus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kokemus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
elämänkokemus (Finnish): life experience
Ancestry of “elämänkokemus”, step by step
elämänkokemus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kokemus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kokemus | experience |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish elämä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elämä | life; Agent participle of elää |
| 2 | Estonian | elama | to live |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | elädäk | to live |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | elä- | to live |