Where does “suurieleinen” come from?

suurieleinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ele, from Finnish elää, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.

suurieleinen (Finnish): grand, grandiloquent, theatrical, extravagant

Definitions

  1. grand, grandiloquent, theatrical, extravagant

Ancestry of “suurieleinen”, step by step

suurieleinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelegesture, sign
2FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live

via Finnish suuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuurilarge; big; great
2Proto-Finnicsuuribig, large
3Proto-Germanicstūra-—

Words derived from “suurieleinen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Finnish elää →