Where does “seksielämä” come from?

seksielämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seksi, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

seksielämä (Finnish): sex life

Definitions

  1. sex life

Ancestry of “seksielämä”, step by step

seksielämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseksisex; sexuality
2Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
3Proto-Italicseksus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Finnish elämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelämälife; Agent participle of elää
2Estonianelamato live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séksus →Every word from Proto-Italic seksus →