Where does “vauvaikäinen” come from?

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

vauvaikäinen (Finnish): baby still in the age where one is a baby

Definitions

  1. baby still in the age where one is a baby

Ancestry of “vauvaikäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauvaikäbabyhood, infancy being the age of a baby
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 →