Where does “pieneliöstö” come from?

pieneliöstö (Finnish) comes from Finnish pieneliö, from Finnish eliö, from Finnish elää, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.

pieneliöstö (Finnish): microbiota

Definitions

  1. microbiota

Ancestry of “pieneliöstö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpieneliömicroorganism
2Finnisheliöorganism
3FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
4Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
5Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Finnish elää →