Where does “poikamieselämä” come from?

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

poikamieselämä (Finnish): bachelor life, life as a bachelor

Definitions

  1. bachelor life, life as a bachelor

Ancestry of “poikamieselämä”, step by step

poikamieselämä 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 poikamies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikamiesbachelor
2Finnishmiesman; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
4Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Estonian elama →