Where does “paimentolaiselämä” come from?

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

paimentolaiselämä (Finnish): nomadic life

Definitions

  1. nomadic life

Ancestry of “paimentolaiselämä”, step by step

paimentolaiselämä 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 paimentolainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaimentolainenpastoral nomad owning livestock
2Finnishpaimentaato herd, tend animals; to shepherd people
3Proto-Finnicpaimentadakto herd, graze
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Estonian elama →