Where does “ikinuori” come from?

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

ikinuori (Finnish): ever-young

Definitions

  1. ever-young

Ancestry of “ikinuori”, step by step

ikinuori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iki

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

via Finnish nuori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuoriyoung; a young person; youth
2Proto-Finnicnooriyoung
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Finnish ikä →