Where does “elämäntaito” come from?
elämäntaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish Taito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
elämäntaito (Finnish): life skill
Ancestry of “elämäntaito”, step by step
elämäntaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Taito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Taito | skill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned |
| 2 | Finnish | taito | skill; art |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
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 |
Words derived from “elämäntaito”