Where does “uhmaikäinen” come from?

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

uhmaikäinen (Finnish): at the age when a child tends to be defiant, at around 2–4 years old; in their "terrible twos"

Definitions

  1. at the age when a child tends to be defiant, at around 2–4 years old; in their "terrible twos"

Ancestry of “uhmaikäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhmaikädefiant age, negative age
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 →