Where does “elehtiminen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “elehtiminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelehtiäto gesture
2Finnishelegesture, sign
3FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
4Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
5Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Finnish elää →