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
- livelihood, living; trade, business
Ancestry of “elinkeino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elin- | living, life |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
Words derived from “elinkeino”