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

Etymology

From *elädäk (to live) +‎ *-mä. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ealēmē.

Noun

*elämä

  1. life
    Synonym: *elo

Inflection

Descendants

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

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “elämä”, 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