Where does “koroillaaneläjä” come from?
koroillaaneläjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish eläjä, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.
Ancestry of “koroillaaneläjä”, step by step
koroillaaneläjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish eläjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eläjä | liver; creature |
| 2 | Finnish | -ja | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ja | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ja | Forms the present participle |
via Finnish korko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | korko | heel; interest, interest rate; stress |
| 2 | Finnish | korkea | high; tall, high |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | korkeda | tall, high |