Where does “seksuaalielämä” come from?

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

seksuaalielämä (Finnish): sex life, sexual life

Definitions

  1. sex life, sexual life

Ancestry of “seksuaalielämä”, step by step

seksuaalielämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seksuaalinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseksuaalinensexual
2Latinsexuālissexual
3Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
4Proto-Italicseksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
6Proto-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 →