Where does “avioikä” come from?

avioikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ikä, from Proto-Finnic ikä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä — age, year.

avioikä (Finnish): marriage age, marriageable age

Definitions

  1. marriage age, marriageable age

Ancestry of “avioikä”, step by step

avioikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year

via Finnish avio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaviomarriage; marital or married
2Finnishava-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Finnish ikä →
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