Where does “yhteiselämä” come from?
yhteiselämä (Finnish) comes from Finnish elämä, from Estonian elama, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.
yhteiselämä (Finnish): cohabitation
Ancestry of “yhteiselämä”, step by step
yhteiselämä 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 yhteinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhteinen | shared, joint, common; collaborative,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |