Where does “ikäys” come from?

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

ikäys (Finnish): dating measurement of age

Definitions

  1. dating measurement of age

Ancestry of “ikäys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiätäto date
2Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
3Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
4Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Finnish ikä →