Where does “elintärkeys” come from?
elintärkeys (Finnish) comes from Finnish elintärkeä, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
elintärkeys (Finnish): the quality or property of being vital, essential or crucial
Definitions
- the quality or property of being vital, essential or crucial
Ancestry of “elintärkeys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elintärkeä | vital, essential, indispensable, crucial |
| 2 | Finnish | elin- | living, life |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |