Where does “ikinä” come from?

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

ikinä (Finnish): (not) ever; never; never ever

Definitions

  1. (not) ever; never; never ever

Ancestry of “ikinä”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ikinä”

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