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Where does “elinkausi” come from?

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

elinkausi (Finnish): the period of one's life

Definitions

  1. the period of one's life

Ancestry of “elinkausi”, 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 “elinkausi”

  • elinkautinen
  • elinkautisvanki
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