Where does “lāʻiki” come from?

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

lāʻiki (Hawaiian): tight

Definitions

  1. tight

Ancestry of “lāʻiki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiki-primitive; eternal
2Finnishikieternally
3Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
4Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
5Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →Every word from Finnish ikä →