Where does “jell” come from?
jell (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.
jell (Livonian): live
Ancestry of “jell”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Finnic | elädäk | to live |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | elä- | to live |