Where does “tyttöikä” come from?

tyttöikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyttö, from Finnish tytär, from Proto-Finnic tüt'är, from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

tyttöikä (Finnish): girlhood, the age when one was (still) a girl

Definitions

  1. girlhood, the age when one was (still) a girl

Ancestry of “tyttöikä”, step by step

tyttöikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyttö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyttögirl; Synonym of tytär
2Finnishtytärdaughter
3Proto-Finnictüt'ärdaughter
4Proto-Balto-Slavicduktḗdaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

via Finnish ikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ →