Where does “elämänmuutos” come from?

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

elämänmuutos (Finnish): change in one's life, life-changing event

Definitions

  1. change in one's life, life-changing event

Ancestry of “elämänmuutos”, step by step

elämänmuutos 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 muutos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuutoschange; modification; amendment
2Finnishmuuttaato modify, change, alter; to transform,...
3Finnish-elläFront vowel variant of -ella
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Estonian elama →