Where does “ikävä” come from?

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

ikävä (Finnish): tedious, boring; bad, sad, nasty; longing,...

Definitions

  1. tedious, boring; bad, sad, nasty; longing,...

Ancestry of “ikävä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicikäbädull, boring, tedious
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year

Words derived from “ikävä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikäbä →