Where does “taide-elämä” come from?
taide-elämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish elämä, from Estonian elama, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.
taide-elämä (Finnish): art life
Ancestry of “taide-elämä”, step by step
taide-elämä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elämä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elämä | life; Agent participle of elää |
| 2 | Estonian | elama | to live |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | elädäk | to live |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | elä- | to live |
via Finnish taide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taide | art |
| 2 | Finnish | taitaa | to know, master, command, have a command of, have... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taitadak | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | taje- | — |