Where does “ikimuistoinen” come from?

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

ikimuistoinen (Finnish): unforgettable, immemorial, memorable

Definitions

  1. unforgettable, immemorial, memorable

Ancestry of “ikimuistoinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiki-primitive; eternal
2Finnishikieternally
3Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
4Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
5Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Finnish ikä →