Where does “naimaikäinen” come from?

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

naimaikäinen (Finnish): nubile of an age suitable for marriage

Definitions

  1. nubile of an age suitable for marriage

Ancestry of “naimaikäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaimaikämarrying age age at which a person gets married
2Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
3Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
4Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Finnish ikä →