Where does “elämäntapa” come from?

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

elämäntapa (Finnish): lifestyle; way of life

Definitions

  1. lifestyle; way of life

Ancestry of “elämäntapa”, step by step

elämäntapa 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 tapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapacustom; habit; manner
2Proto-Finnictapaway, custom; nature

Words derived from “elämäntapa”

Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Estonian elama →