Where does “elintarvikekauppa” come from?

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

elintarvikekauppa (Finnish): A grocery shop, grocery store

Definitions

  1. A grocery shop, grocery store

Ancestry of “elintarvikekauppa”, step by step

elintarvikekauppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elintarvike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelintarvikegroceries; foodstuff
2Finnishelin-living, life
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish kauppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauppacommerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and...
2Proto-Germanickaupazpurchase
3LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
4Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin- →