Where does “iankaiken” come from?

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

iankaiken (Finnish): forever

Definitions

  1. forever

Ancestry of “iankaiken”, step by step

iankaiken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ikä

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

via Finnish kaikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaikkieverything; everyone, everybody; all-, omni-
2Finnish-tiForms caritive adverbs; Forms adverbs of manner
3Proto-Finnic-t'ikcaritive suffix
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Finnish ikä →