Where does “elpyä” come from?

elpyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish elää, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.

elpyä (Finnish): To recover, revive, recuperate, return to...

Definitions

  1. To recover, revive, recuperate, return to...

Ancestry of “elpyä”, step by step

elpyä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
2Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
3Proto-Uralicelä-to live

via Ingrian ellää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianellääto live

Words derived from “elpyä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Finnish elää →