Where does “ikämiessarja” come from?

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

ikämiessarja (Finnish): a sports division for people over 35 years of age

Definitions

  1. a sports division for people over 35 years of age

Ancestry of “ikämiessarja”, step by step

ikämiessarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ikämies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikämiesaged man, old man
2Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
3Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
4Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year

via Finnish sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Finnish ikä →