Where does “uhmaikä” come from?

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

uhmaikä (Finnish): defiant age, negative age

Definitions

  1. defiant age, negative age

Ancestry of “uhmaikä”, step by step

uhmaikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ikä

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

via Finnish uhma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhmadefiance
2Proto-Finnicuhma—

Words derived from “uhmaikä”

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