Where does “lapsuusikä” come from?

lapsuusikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lapsuus, from Finnish lapsi, from Proto-Finnic lapci, from Proto-Uralic lëpće — cradle.

lapsuusikä (Finnish): childhood

Definitions

  1. childhood

Ancestry of “lapsuusikä”, step by step

lapsuusikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lapsuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsuuschildhood
2Finnishlapsichild
3Proto-Finniclapcichild
4Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle

via Finnish ikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Uralic lëpće →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapci →Every word from Finnish lapsi →