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Where does “elvyttää” come from?

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

elvyttää (Finnish): to resuscitate, revive, bring back to life,...

Definitions

  1. to resuscitate, revive, bring back to life,...

Ancestry of “elvyttää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishelpyäTo recover, revive, recuperate, return to...
2FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live

Words derived from “elvyttää”

  • elvytys
  • puhalluselvytys
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