Where does “äiji” come from?

äiji (Finnish) comes from Finnish äijä, from Proto-Finnic äijä, from Proto-Finno-Permic äjjä.

äiji (Finnish): grandfather

Definitions

  1. grandfather

Ancestry of “äiji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäijäAn old man; geezer, gaffer; A real man, tough...
2Proto-Finnicäijäold man
3Proto-Finno-Permicäjjä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic äjjä →Every word from Proto-Finnic äijä →Every word from Finnish äijä →