Where does “elämänkutsumus” come from?
elämänkutsumus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kutsumus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
elämänkutsumus (Finnish): calling strong urge to live one's life in a certain way
Definitions
- calling strong urge to live one's life in a certain way
Ancestry of “elämänkutsumus”, step by step
elämänkutsumus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kutsumus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kutsumus | vocation, calling |
| 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 |