Where does “ei-ihminen” come from?

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

ei-ihminen (Finnish): non-human

Definitions

  1. non-human

Ancestry of “ei-ihminen”, step by step

ei-ihminen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ihminen

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

via Finnish ei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheino; The third-person singular form of the...
2Proto-Finnice-The negative verb
3Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb
Every word from Proto-Finnic inhiminen →