Where does “tosielämä” come from?

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

tosielämä (Finnish): real life

Definitions

  1. real life

Ancestry of “tosielämä”, step by step

tosielämä 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 tosi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtositruth, reality, real thing; real-life; true
2Proto-Finnictocitruth
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Estonian elama →