Where does “ilmielävä” come from?
ilmielävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmi, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
Ancestry of “ilmielävä”, step by step
ilmielävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ilmi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmi | public, known, to the daylight, to the open;... |
| 2 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 3 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 5 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish elävä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elävä | Having life; being alive, live, living; Animated,... |