Where does “ihmisjärki” come from?

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

ihmisjärki (Finnish): human reason, human intelligence, human intellect

Definitions

  1. human reason, human intelligence, human intellect

Ancestry of “ihmisjärki”, step by step

ihmisjärki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ihminen

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

via Finnish järki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärkireason; sense
2Proto-Finnicjärkirow; order, condition
Every word from Proto-Finnic inhiminen →Every word from Finnish inhiminen →Every word from Finnish ihminen →