Where does “elehtiä” come from?

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

elehtiä (Finnish): to gesture

Definitions

  1. to gesture

Ancestry of “elehtiä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelegesture, sign
2FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live

Words derived from “elehtiä”

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