Where does “elimistö” come from?

elimistö (Finnish) comes from Finnish elin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

elimistö (Finnish): body; organ system; system

Definitions

  1. body; organ system; system

Ancestry of “elimistö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinorgan of an organism; governmental body; member
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “elimistö”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin →