Where does “elintoiminta” come from?
elintoiminta (Finnish) comes from Finnish toiminta, from Finnish toimia, from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...
elintoiminta (Finnish): vital function(s), (vital) activity
Definitions
- vital function(s), (vital) activity
Ancestry of “elintoiminta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toiminta | action, activity |
| 2 | Finnish | toimia | to work, function, run; to serve, act, work; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | Toimi | chore, task, job, duty |
| 4 | Finnish | toimi | chore, task, job, duty; activities, business,... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | toimi | work, task, chore |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | toodak | to bring |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 8 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |