Where does “alaikäraja” come from?
alaikäraja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ikäraja, from Finnish raja, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-eye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁- — to sift, to separate.
alaikäraja (Finnish): minimum age limit
Ancestry of “alaikäraja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | ikäraja | age limit |
| 2 | Finnish | raja | boundary , border, frontier; a limit; a line;... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | краи | edge; land, country |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | krajь | edge, end |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | krojiti | to cut |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | krájīˀtei | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁-eye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kroh₁y- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kreh₁y- | to sift, to separate |