Where does “ele” come from?

ele (Finnish) comes from Finnish elää, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.

ele (Finnish): gesture, sign

Definitions

  1. gesture, sign

Ancestry of “ele”, step by step

ele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
2Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
3Proto-Uralicelä-to live

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note

Words derived from “ele”

Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Finnish elää →