Where does “elukka” come from?

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

elukka (Finnish): animal, critter

Definitions

  1. animal, critter

Ancestry of “elukka”, step by step

elukka 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 Finnish ukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishukka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Finnish elää →