Where does “kummituseläin” come from?
kummituseläin (Finnish) comes from Finnish eläin, from Finnish elää, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.
kummituseläin (Finnish): tarsier
Ancestry of “kummituseläin”, step by step
kummituseläin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish eläin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eläin | animal |
| 2 | Finnish | elää | To live, be alive; To live |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | elädäk | to live |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | elä- | to live |
via Finnish kummitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kummitus | spook, ghost |
| 2 | Finnish | kumma | odd, strange; "in comparative, with negation",... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kumma | strange, odd |
Words derived from “kummituseläin”