Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/eläbä

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

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *eläpä, equivalent to *elädäk (to live) +‎ *-bä (present participle suffix).

Adjective

*eläbä

  1. alive, live, living
  2. lively
    Synonym: *vilk'as

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: elav
  • Finnish: elävä
  • Ingrian: elävä
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: jelāb
  • Livvi: elävy
  • Ludian: eläu
  • Veps: eläb
  • Võro: elläv
  • Votic: eläve

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “elää”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN