Where does “neitoikä” come from?

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

neitoikä (Finnish): being a young adult, the age during which one is a young adult, especially before marriage

Definitions

  1. being a young adult, the age during which one is a young adult, especially before marriage

Ancestry of “neitoikä”, step by step

neitoikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ikä

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

via Finnish neito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneitomaiden, maid; nigella

Words derived from “neitoikä”

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