Where does “eloonjäämistaistelu” come from?

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

eloonjäämistaistelu (Finnish): fight for survival, struggle for survival

Definitions

  1. fight for survival, struggle for survival

Ancestry of “eloonjäämistaistelu”, step by step

eloonjäämistaistelu 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 taistelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaistelufight; struggle; battle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma