Where does “kevytelintarvike” come from?

kevytelintarvike (Finnish) comes from Finnish elintarvike, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kevytelintarvike (Finnish): low-fat food product, light food product

Definitions

  1. low-fat food product, light food product

Ancestry of “kevytelintarvike”, step by step

kevytelintarvike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elintarvike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelintarvikegroceries; foodstuff
2Finnishelin-living, life
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish kevyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
2Finnishkeveälightweight
3Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
4Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin- →