Where does “keski-ikä” come from?

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

keski-ikä (Finnish): middle age, midlife; average age

Definitions

  1. middle age, midlife; average age

Ancestry of “keski-ikä”, step by step

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