Where does “elinikäinen” come from?

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

elinikäinen (Finnish): lifetime

Definitions

  1. lifetime

Ancestry of “elinikäinen”, step by step

elinikäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elinikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinikälifetime, age
2Finnishelin-living, life
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—

Words derived from “elinikäinen”

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