Where does “nautaeläin” come from?
nautaeläin (Finnish) comes from Finnish eläin, from Finnish elää, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.
nautaeläin (Finnish): bovine; any animal in the subfamily Bovinae
Definitions
- bovine; any animal in the subfamily Bovinae
Ancestry of “nautaeläin”, step by step
nautaeläin 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 nauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nauta | cattle, cow, bull; Synonym of naudanliha |
| 2 | Old Norse | naut | bull |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | nautą | benefit; profit; foredeal; possession; livestock;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | newd- | to seize; grasp; use; to grasp, seize, use; to... |