Where does “akkaihminen” come from?

akkaihminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ihminen, from Finnish inhiminen, from Proto-Finnic inhiminen — human, human being.

akkaihminen (Finnish): old woman, aged woman

Definitions

  1. old woman, aged woman

Ancestry of “akkaihminen”, step by step

akkaihminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman
Every word from Proto-Finnic inhiminen →Every word from Finnish inhiminen →Every word from Finnish ihminen →