Where does “vesielämä” come from?
vesielämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish elämä, from Estonian elama, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.
vesielämä (Finnish): aquatic life
Ancestry of “vesielämä”, step by step
| 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 |