Where does “iki-” come from?

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

iki- (Finnish): primitive; eternal

Definitions

  1. primitive; eternal

Ancestry of “iki-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “iki-”

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