Where does “elokasmaailma” come from?

elokasmaailma (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian maailma, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *maailma, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

elokasmaailma (Ingrian): fauna

Definitions

  1. fauna

Ancestry of “elokasmaailma”, step by step

elokasmaailma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian maailma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmaailmaworld
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*maailma
3FinnishIlmaair
4Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
5Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
6Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
7Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Ingrian elokas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianelokasanimal
2Ingrianelolife
3Proto-Finnicelolife
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri