Where does “eliniänodote” come from?
eliniänodote (Finnish) comes from Finnish elinikä, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
Ancestry of “eliniänodote”, step by step
eliniänodote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elinikä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elinikä | lifetime, age |
| 2 | Finnish | elin- | living, life |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish odote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | odote | expectancy |
| 2 | Finnish | odottaa | to wait (for), await, expect, anticipate |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | oća- | — |