Where does “miehuusikä” come from?

miehuusikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish miehuus, from Finnish mies, from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.

miehuusikä (Finnish): manhood, adulthood

Definitions

  1. manhood, adulthood

Ancestry of “miehuusikä”, step by step

miehuusikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish miehuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiehuusmanhood; manliness, masculinity; virility
2Finnishmiesman; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
4Proto-Finnicmeexes—

via Finnish ikä

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