Where does “elinikä” come from?

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

elinikä (Finnish): lifetime, age

Definitions

  1. lifetime, age

Ancestry of “elinikä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelin-living, life
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

Words derived from “elinikä”

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