Where does “ikärappeuma” come from?
ikärappeuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish rappeuma, from Finnish -uma, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
ikärappeuma (Finnish): age-related degeneration
Ancestry of “ikärappeuma”, step by step
ikärappeuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rappeuma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rappeuma | degeneration |
| 2 | Finnish | -uma | Variant of -ma; forms passive action/result nouns... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish ikä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ikä | age; life; lifetime |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | ikä | age; lifetime |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | ikä | age, year |