Where does “luontaiselinkeino” come from?
luontaiselinkeino (Finnish) comes from Finnish elinkeino, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
luontaiselinkeino (Finnish): primary economic activity involving food or animals including agriculture, fishing, hunting, picking mushrooms or berries and reindeer herding
Definitions
- primary economic activity involving food or animals including agriculture, fishing, hunting, picking mushrooms or berries and reindeer herding
Ancestry of “luontaiselinkeino”, step by step
luontaiselinkeino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elinkeino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elinkeino | livelihood, living; trade, business |
| 2 | Finnish | elin- | living, life |
| 3 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish luontainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luontainen | natural formed by nature; containing no artificial or man-made additives |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |