Where does “elämänpolku” come from?
elämänpolku (Finnish) comes from Finnish elämä, from Estonian elama, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.
elämänpolku (Finnish): path of life
Ancestry of “elämänpolku”, step by step
elämänpolku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish polku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | polku | path, trail, track; path; treading, stomping |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |