Where does “elatusvelvollinen” come from?
elatusvelvollinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish elatus, from Finnish elättää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
elatusvelvollinen (Finnish): maintenance debtor, alimony debtor; person with a duty to support, i.e. to pay maintenance for a child or spouse
Definitions
- maintenance debtor, alimony debtor; person with a duty to support, i.e. to pay maintenance for a child or spouse
Ancestry of “elatusvelvollinen”, step by step
elatusvelvollinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elatus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elatus | sustenance, alimony |
| 2 | Finnish | elättää | to maintain; to support (living of), provide for; feed, provide food (and other necessities of life) for |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish velvollinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | velvollinen | bound, obliged, liable |
| 2 | Finnish | -llinen | Forms adjectives that indicate time; Forms... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |