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Where does “elinaika” come from?

elinaika (Finnish) comes from Finnish aika, from Finnish -isin, from Hungarian isi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

elinaika (Finnish): lifetime, lifespan

Definitions

  1. lifetime, lifespan

Ancestry of “elinaika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaikatime; time, moment; appointment
2Finnish-isinThe case suffix denoting temporal distributive;...
3Hungarianisischool
4Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
5Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā—
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “elinaika”

  • elinajanodote
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