Where does “koti-ikävä” come from?

koti-ikävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish koti, from Proto-Finnic kotei, from Proto-Finnic kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

koti-ikävä (Finnish): homesickness

Definitions

  1. homesickness

Ancestry of “koti-ikävä”, step by step

koti-ikävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotihome
2Proto-Finnickoteihome
3Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
5Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

via Finnish ikävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikävätedious, boring; bad, sad, nasty; longing,...
2Proto-Finnicikäbädull, boring, tedious
3Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
4Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Uralic kota →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota →Every word from Proto-Finnic kota →
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