Where does “osakuntaelämä” come from?

osakuntaelämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish elämä, from Estonian elama, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.

osakuntaelämä (Finnish): student nation life, fraternity life

Definitions

  1. student nation life, fraternity life

Ancestry of “osakuntaelämä”, step by step

osakuntaelämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelämälife; Agent participle of elää
2Estonianelamato live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live

via Finnish osakunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosakuntanation, student nation organization of students at a university, gathering students who originate from the same region; historical in most countries, but still active in some old universities of Finland and Sweden; somewhat similar to [[fraternity
2Finnishosapart; piece; proportion, section
3Proto-Finnicosapart
4Proto-Uraliconćapart, share (of meat?)
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Estonian elama →