Where does “siviilielämä” come from?

siviilielämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish siviili, from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

siviilielämä (Finnish): civilian life

Definitions

  1. civilian life

Ancestry of “siviilielämä”, step by step

siviilielämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siviili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiviilicivilian
2Old Frenchcivil—
3Latincīvīlis—
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish elämä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelämälife; Agent participle of elää
2Estonianelamato live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin cīvīlis →