Where does “elinmuutos” come from?

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

elinmuutos (Finnish): organ lesion

Definitions

  1. organ lesion

Ancestry of “elinmuutos”, step by step

elinmuutos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinorgan of an organism; governmental body; member
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish muutos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuutoschange; modification; amendment
2Finnishmuuttaato modify, change, alter; to transform,...
3Finnish-elläFront vowel variant of -ella
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Finnish elin