Where does “elinkeino” come from?

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

elinkeino (Finnish): livelihood, living; trade, business

Definitions

  1. livelihood, living; trade, business

Ancestry of “elinkeino”, 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 “elinkeino

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