Where does “elintarvikekauppias” come from?
elintarvikekauppias (Finnish) comes from Finnish elintarvike, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
elintarvikekauppias (Finnish): grocer person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery
Definitions
- grocer person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery
Ancestry of “elintarvikekauppias”, step by step
elintarvikekauppias traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elintarvike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elintarvike | groceries; foodstuff |
| 2 | Finnish | elin- | living, life |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |