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