Where does “eloonjäämiskäyrä” come from?

eloonjäämiskäyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish eloonjääminen, from Finnish jääminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

eloonjäämiskäyrä (Finnish): survivorship curve

Definitions

  1. survivorship curve

Ancestry of “eloonjäämiskäyrä”, step by step

eloonjäämiskäyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eloonjääminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheloonjääminensurvival, surviving, staying alive
2Finnishjääminen
3Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
4Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
5Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
6Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish käyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyräcrooked; curve; plot, graph, diagram
2Proto-Finnickäkräbent, crooked
3Proto-Germanichagrō
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma