Where does “elämänusko” come from?

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

elämänusko (Finnish): faith in life

Definitions

  1. faith in life

Ancestry of “elämänusko”, step by step

elämänusko 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 usko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuskofaith; religious; Indicative present connegative...
2Proto-Finnic*uskofaith, belief
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Estonian elama →