Where does “erakkoelämä” come from?

erakkoelämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish erakko, from Finnish erata, from Finnish erä, from Proto-Finnic erä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric erä — apart.

erakkoelämä (Finnish): solitary life, life as a hermit

Definitions

  1. solitary life, life as a hermit

Ancestry of “erakkoelämä”, step by step

erakkoelämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish erakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisherakkohermit, recluse
2Finnisheratato diverge
3Finnisheräbatch; lot; Short for maksuerä
4Proto-Finniceräapart, separate
5Proto-Finno-Ugriceräapart

via Finnish elämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelämälife; Agent participle of elää
2Estonianelamato live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric erä →Every word from Proto-Finnic erä →Every word from Finnish erä →