Where does “nykyihminen” come from?

nykyihminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ihminen, from Finnish inhiminen, from Proto-Finnic inhiminen — human, human being.

nykyihminen (Finnish): The modern human, "Homo sapiens sapiens"

Definitions

  1. The modern human, "Homo sapiens sapiens"

Ancestry of “nykyihminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being
Every word from Proto-Finnic inhiminen →Every word from Finnish inhiminen →Every word from Finnish ihminen →