Where does “elinkaarimalli” come from?

elinkaarimalli (Finnish) comes from Finnish malli, from Swedish mall, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

elinkaarimalli (Finnish): life cycle model

Definitions

  1. life cycle model

Ancestry of “elinkaarimalli”, step by step

elinkaarimalli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish malli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmallimodel, template; model, mannequin; example, a...
2Swedishmalla template
3Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
4Old Frenchmole
5Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish elinkaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinkaarilife cycle
2Finnishelin-living, life
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
5Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus