Where does “elin-” come from?
elin- (Finnish) comes from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
elin- (Finnish): living, life
Ancestry of “elin-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
Words derived from “elin-”