Where does “elonkipinä” come from?

elonkipinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kipinä, from Finnish öinen, from Finnish yö, from Proto-Finnic öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje.

elonkipinä (Finnish): spark of life

Definitions

  1. spark of life

Ancestry of “elonkipinä”, step by step

elonkipinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kipinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkipinäspark; tent heater supervision duty
2Finnishöinennocturnal
3Finnishyöperiod of day Previous: iltayö Next: aamuyö;...
4Proto-Finnicöönight
5Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—

via Finnish Elo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishElolife, living
2Proto-Samicealōreindeer herd
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje →Every word from Proto-Finnic öö →Every word from Finnish yö →