Where does “elinkaari” come from?

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

elinkaari (Finnish): life cycle

Definitions

  1. life cycle

Ancestry of “elinkaari”, 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 “elinkaari

Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Finnish elin-