Where does “sellaista elämä on” come from?

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

sellaista elämä on (Finnish): such is life, that's life, this is the life, c'est la vie

Definitions

  1. such is life, that's life, this is the life, c'est la vie

Ancestry of “sellaista elämä on”, step by step

sellaista elämä on 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 olla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishollato be; to be, constitute, make up, form; to have;...
2Proto-Finnicoldakto be
3Proto-Uralicwole-to be, become; be, will be
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä-Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäkEvery word from Estonian elama
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