Where does “leikki-ikä” come from?

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

leikki-ikä (Finnish): the period of childhood roughly between three and seven years old, after learning to walk but before going to school

Definitions

  1. the period of childhood roughly between three and seven years old, after learning to walk but before going to school

Ancestry of “leikki-ikä”, step by step

leikki-ikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ikä

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

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker

Words derived from “leikki-ikä

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