Where does “vaippaikäinen” come from?

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

vaippaikäinen (Finnish): in diapers; at an age where one is still in diapers

Definitions

  1. in diapers; at an age where one is still in diapers

Ancestry of “vaippaikäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaippaikädiaperhood
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 →