Where does “älykkyysikä” come from?

älykkyysikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish älykkyys, from Finnish älykäs, from Finnish -kas, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

älykkyysikä (Finnish): mental age

Definitions

  1. mental age

Ancestry of “älykkyysikä”, step by step

älykkyysikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish älykkyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishälykkyysintelligence
2Finnishälykäsintelligent
3Finnish-kas-y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many,...
4Proto-Finnic-k'asForms adjectives from nouns, indicating a...
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish ikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -s →Every word from Finnish -kas →