Where does “eländä” come from?

eländä (Karelian) comes from Finnish Elia, from Finnish -tti, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

eländä (Karelian): life

Definitions

  1. life

Ancestry of “eländä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishEliaElijah biblical character
2Finnish-ttiForms some nouns from verbs, particularly...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →