Where does “elinkautinen” come from?

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

elinkautinen (Finnish): A life sentence; life, especially with the verb...

Definitions

  1. A life sentence; life, especially with the verb...

Ancestry of “elinkautinen”, step by step

elinkautinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elinkausi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinkausithe period of one's life
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 “elinkautinen

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