Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/elämä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic edit

Etymology edit

From *elädäk +‎ *-mä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ealēmē.

Noun edit

*elämä

  1. life
    Synonym: *elo

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Finnish: elämä
  • Ingrian: elämä
  • Karelian: elämä
  • Votic: eläme

Further reading edit

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “elämä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN